Abstract: An ankle-foot orthosis for a lower leg, ankle, and foot of a patient, the ankle-foot orthosis including: a foot plate; a calf-cuff member; and a strut member extending between the foot plate and the calf-cuff member, the strut member coupling to an arch region of a medial side of the foot plate and a posterior side of the calf-cuff member, the strut member being formed from layers of carbon fiber and at least one layer of a thermoplastic material.
Abstract: An ankle-foot orthosis for a lower leg, ankle, and foot of a patient, the ankle-foot orthosis including: a foot plate; a calf-cuff member; and a strut member extending between the foot plate and the calf-cuff member, the strut member coupling to a posterior side of the foot plate and the calf-cuff member, the strut member being formed from layers of carbon fiber and at least one layer of a thermoplastic material.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 18, 2015
Date of Patent:
November 26, 2019
Assignee:
SpringStep AFO, Inc.
Inventors:
Mark Howard Hassel, David Edward Harris
Abstract: An ankle-foot orthosis for a lower leg, ankle, and foot of a patient, the ankle-foot orthosis including: a foot plate; a calf-cuff member; and a strut member extending between the foot plate and the calf-cuff member, the strut member coupling to an arch region of a medial side of the foot plate and a posterior side of the calf-cuff member, the strut member being formed from layers of carbon fiber and at least one layer of a thermoplastic material.
Abstract: An ankle-foot orthosis for a lower leg, ankle, and foot of a patient, the ankle-foot orthosis including: a foot plate; a calf-cuff member; and a strut member extending between the foot plate and the calf-cuff member, the strut member coupling to a posterior side of the foot plate and the calf-cuff member, the strut member being formed from layers of carbon fiber and at least one layer of a thermoplastic material.
Type:
Application
Filed:
September 18, 2015
Publication date:
March 24, 2016
Applicant:
SPRINGSTEP AFO, INC.
Inventors:
Mark Howard Hassel, David Edward Harris