Patents by Inventor Norbert Schimek

Norbert Schimek has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20240108490
    Abstract: An ankle/foot orthosis with a foot part, which has a sole for receiving a foot, and with a shin part which, when fitted in place, bears on the frontal aspect of a shin and is connected to the foot part via a medially extending spring, wherein the spring, behind an ankle area, forms a hinge area that allows a movement of the shin part relative to the foot part in the anterior-posterior direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Jan JOHNSSON, Gordon SIEWERT, Heiko DREWITZ, Olaf KROLL-ORYWAHL, Maximilian SEGL, Marcus LURSSEN, Markus TUTTEMANN, Boris LJUBIMIR, Norbert SCHIMEK, Wolfgang KEINER, Alexander SCHMITT
  • Patent number: 11850177
    Abstract: An ankle/foot orthosis with a foot part, which has a sole for receiving a foot, and with a shin part which, when fitted in place, bears on the frontal aspect of a shin and is connected to the foot part via a medially extending spring, wherein the spring, behind an ankle area, forms a hinge area that allows a movement of the shin part relative to the foot part in the anterior-posterior direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: OTTOBOCK SE & CO. KGAA
    Inventors: Jan Johnsson, Gordon Siewert, Heiko Drewitz, Olaf Kroll-Orywahl, Maximilian Segl, Marcus Lurssen, Markus Tuttemann, Boris Ljubimir, Norbert Schimek, Wolfgang Keiner, Alexander Schmitt
  • Publication number: 20230172742
    Abstract: An ankle/foot orthosis with a foot part, which has a sole for receiving a foot, and with a shin part which, when fitted in place, bears on the frontal aspect of a shin and is connected to the foot part via a medially extending spring, wherein the spring, behind an ankle area, forms a hinge area that allows a movement of the shin part relative to the foot part in the anterior-posterior direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2022
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Applicant: OTTOBOCK SE & CO. KGAA
    Inventors: Jan JOHNSSON, Gordon Siewert, Heiko Drewitz, Olaf Kroll-Orywahl, Maximillan Segl, Marcus Lurssen, Markus Tuttemann, Boris Ljubimir, Norbert Schimek, Wolfgang Keiner, Alexander Schmitt
  • Patent number: 11517463
    Abstract: An ankle/foot orthosis with a foot part, which has a sole for receiving a foot, and with a shin part which, when fitted in place, bears on the frontal aspect of a shin and is connected to the foot part via a medially extending spring, wherein the spring, behind an ankle area, forms a hinge area that allows a movement of the shin part relative to the foot part in the anterior-posterior direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: OTTOBOCK SE & CO. KGAA
    Inventors: Jan Johnsson, Gordon Siewert, Heiko Drewitz, Olaf Kroll-Orywahl, Maximilian Segl, Marcus Lurssen, Markus Tuttemann, Boris Ljubimir, Norbert Schimek, Wolfgang Keiner, Alexander Schmitt
  • Publication number: 20220031491
    Abstract: The invention relates to a joint for an orthopedic device, wherein the joint includes a first element with at least one end stop element and a second element which is mounted on the first element such that it can be swivelled and has at least one contact surface that can be brought into contact with the at least one end stop element by swivelling the second element relative to the first element, wherein the at least one end stop element then counters a further swivelling of the second element relative to the first element with a force, wherein at least one contact element is fixed on the second element such that it can be detached, said contact element having at least one contact surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2019
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Applicant: Ottobock SE & Co. KGAA
    Inventors: Marcus Lürssen, André Müller, Norbert Schimek, Marcel Jung, Olaf Kroll-Orywahl
  • Publication number: 20200337875
    Abstract: An ankle/foot orthosis with a foot part, which has a sole for receiving a foot, and with a shin part which, when fitted in place, bears on the frontal aspect of a shin and is connected to the foot part via a medially extending spring, wherein the spring, behind an ankle area, forms a hinge area that allows a movement of the shin part relative to the foot part in the anterior-posterior direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2020
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Applicant: OTTOBOCK SE & CO. KGAA
    Inventors: Jan JOHNSSON, Gordon SIEWERT, Heiko DREWITZ, Olaf KROLL-ORYWAHL, Maximilian SEGL, Marcus LURSSEN, Markus TUTTEMANN, Boris LJUBIMIR, Norbert SCHIMEK, Wolfgang KEINER, Alexander SCHMITT
  • Patent number: 10729574
    Abstract: An ankle/foot orthosis with a foot part, which has a sole for receiving a foot, and with a shin part which, when fitted in place, bears on the frontal aspect of a shin and is connected to the foot part via a medially extending spring, wherein the spring, behind an ankle area, forms a hinge area that allows a movement of the shin part relative to the foot part in the anterior-posterior direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: OTTOBOCK SE & CO. KGAA
    Inventors: Jan Johnsson, Gordon Siewert, Heiko Drewitz, Olaf Kroll-Orywahl, Maximilian Segl, Marcus Lurssen, Markus Tuttemann, Boris Ljubimir, Norbert Schimek, Wolfgang Keiner, Alexander Schmitt
  • Publication number: 20150148725
    Abstract: The invention relates to an ankle/foot orthosis with a foot part, which has a sole for receiving a foot, and with a shin part which, when fitted in place, bears on the frontal aspect of a shin and is connected to the foot part via a medially extending spring, wherein the spring, behind an ankle area, forms a hinge area that allows a movement of the shin part relative to the foot part in the anterior-posterior direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2013
    Publication date: May 28, 2015
    Applicant: OTTO BOCK HEALTHCARE GMBH
    Inventors: Jan Johnsson, Gordon Siewert, Heiko Drewitz, Olaf Kroll-Orywahl, Maximilian Segl, Marcus Lurssen, Markus Tuttemann, Boris Ljubimir, Norbert Schimek, Wolfgang Keiner, Alexander Schmitt
  • Patent number: 8157756
    Abstract: A knee orthodic is provided with two load-bearing joints (12, 14), each joint having a proximal leg (16.1, 16.2) and a distal leg (18.1, 18.2). The knee orthodic, may be adapted more easily to a changing knee width. This is achieved in that the proximal legs (16.1, 16.2) are connected by a proximal joint (24) and the distal joints (18.1, 18.2) are connected by a distal joint, said proximal legs (16.1, 16.2) being connected pivotally and fixably relative to one another in the proximal joint (24) in the form of a rotary joint about a proximal joint pivot axis (P).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2012
    Assignee: Helmut Wagner
    Inventors: Norbert Schimek, Helmut Wagner
  • Publication number: 20110125194
    Abstract: The invention relates to an articulated insert (1), comprising an upper connecting means (2) for fastening to a first orthopedic component and a lower connecting means (2) for fastening to a second orthopedic component that can be pivoted relative to the first orthopedic component, and further comprising a tensile force-transmitting joining element (4) between the receiving devices (2, 3), wherein the joining element (4) has a planar, flexible, dimensionally stable material section (6, 6?), which is helically twisted in the longitudinal extension thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2009
    Publication date: May 26, 2011
    Applicant: OTTO BOCK HEALTHCARE GMBH
    Inventors: Gregor Anwand, Alexander Hardt, Olaf Kroll-Orywahl, Maximilian Segl, Norbert Schimek
  • Publication number: 20100063432
    Abstract: The invention relates to an orthodic, in particular a knee orthodic, having two load-bearing joints (12, 14), each joint having a proximal leg (16.1, 16.2) and a distal leg (18.1, 18.2). The aim of the invention is to propose an orthodic, in particular a knee orthodic, which may be adapted more easily to a changing knee width. This aim is achieved in that the proximal legs (16.1, 16.2) are connected by a proximal joint (24) and the distal joints (18.1, 18.2) are connected by a distal joint, said proximal legs (16.1, 16.2) being connected pivotally and fixably relative to one another in the proximal joint (24) in the form of a rotary joint about a proximal joint pivot axis (P).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2008
    Publication date: March 11, 2010
    Inventors: Norbert Schimek, Helmut Wagner