Abstract: An orthosis including arms held in place on body parts by a respective fastening member and interconnected by a pivot joint adjacent to a body joint. For bending of the body parts required during normal movement, the pivot joint is formed by a central adjusting ring bordered by both arms. One arm includes an axle ring which is coaxial to the adjusting ring. The other arm includes a ring bearing, which is eccentric to the axle ring. The ring bearing is pivotable with respect to a rotational plane of the axle ring by rotating the adjusting ring in such a way and at such an angle that the arm, supported by the ring bearing in conjunction with the body part retained by it, assumes a pivoting position of this body part depending on the rotation angle of the adjusting ring in relation to the arm connected to the axle ring.
Type:
Application
Filed:
February 17, 2009
Publication date:
August 27, 2009
Applicant:
BAUERFEIND AG
Inventors:
Dominique Panzer, Peter Sachs, Michel Vanfleteren
Abstract: Knee-joint bandage of elastic textile material, the knee-joint bandage being provided with a specially shaped insert surrounding the kneecap in a cutout. The specially shaped insert being covered by an overlay of identical or similar textile material attached to the textile material with the specially shaped insert being associated with a flexible, non-expandable tensioning member. The tensioning member connecting the regions of the kneecap poles on the fibula side in an arc around the kneecap such that, when the distance between the regions increases during bending of the knee joint, the distance of the arc from the connecting line between the kneecap poles is reduced and the tensioning member presses on the adjacent side of the kneecap, medially displacing and centering the latter, wherein the tensioning member is attached to the overlay in such a manner that, during bending of the knee joint and stretching of the overlay, the tensioning member displaces the kneecap.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
August 22, 2005
Date of Patent:
April 14, 2009
Assignee:
Bauerfeind AG
Inventors:
Holger Reinhardt, Heinrich Hess, Hans B. Bauerfeind, Wolfgang Krause
Abstract: The invention relates to an elastic bandage comprising electrodes which are arranged at a distance from each other, and which are to be connected to an electric stimulation device. The elastic region of the bandage supporting the electrodes is covered, on the outer side thereof, by a pocket which is essentially less elastic than the elastic area, and which contains an elastic cushion as a support for the electrodes.
Type:
Application
Filed:
February 23, 2005
Publication date:
February 21, 2008
Applicant:
Bauerfeind AG
Inventors:
Hans B. Bauerfeind, Holger Reinhardt, Rainer Scheuermann
Abstract: An orthosis for correcting the position of a body joint, the orthosis extending over the two members connected by the body joint and being provided with two arms forming the orthosis, the arms each being held on the respective member by a cuff and being interconnected by a pivot joint adjacent to the body joint is described. For the bending required during normal movement, the pivot joint is formed by an axle ring embraced by the one arm, and the axle ring being fixedly connected to a ring bearing eccentric with respect to the axle ring to form a central adjusting ring. The ring bearing forms a pivot bearing for the other arm and the pivot bearing being embraced by said other arm, such that the rotation plane of said ring bearing with respect to the rotation plane of the axle ring is pivotable through rotation of the adjusting ring.
Abstract: A controllable motion damper with a damping piston separating two damping chambers from each other in a damping cylinder. A damping valve is disposed in a connecting channel of the two damping chambers with the transmissivity of the damping valve for a damping fluid contained in the motion damper being controlled by a control device. Both damping chambers are filled with an electromagnetically uninfluenceable damping fluid. The control device includes a slide piston unit filled with a magnetorheological fluid. The slide piston unit includes a slide piston operatively coupled to the damping piston, wherein, through the intermediary of the magnetorheological fluid, the magnetorheological fluid is influenceable by controllable magnetic field generators with regard to its flow resistance with the slide piston acting on an actuator connected to the damping valve for controlling the movement of the damping piston.
Abstract: A bandage for joints wherein the bandage is made of elastic textile material and is provided with a pad. The pad is covered by an overlay of identical or similar textile material that is attached to the textile material of the bandage. The overlay covering the pad is only provided on its side facing the joint with knobs of anti-slip material thereby exerting a particular pressure on the respective parts of the joint.
Abstract: An insole for footwear comprising silicone with a filler material, having a selected region of a silicone-cork mixture with a sufficiently high proportion of cork that the height thereof can be formed by grinding.
Abstract: Bandage for joints, said bandage being of elastic textile material and being provided with a pad, said pad being covered by an overlay of identical or similar textile material and being attached to the textile material of the bandage by means of edges protruding from the pad, wherein the overlay covering the pad is provided on its side facing the joint with knobs of anti-slip material.