Patents by Inventor Tomas Buchhorn

Tomas Buchhorn 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).

  • ANKLE BRACE
    Publication number: 20230139433
    Abstract: An ankle brace for treating or preventing a high ankle sprain is disclosed. The ankle brace includes a body configured to be worn over an ankle. A tightening mechanism is attached to the body and configured to tighten the body around a wearer's lower leg to prevent distal ends of the tibia and fibula from separating. A torsion strap is attached to the body and configured to wrap from a fifth metatarsal to a medial malleolus to limit external rotation of the foot. The ankle brace can include lateral and medial straps for limiting eversion and inversion of the foot. The ankle brace can include heat moldable lateral and medial support plates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2022
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Inventors: Richard E. Gildersleeve, Robert J. Anderson, Gregory Charles Berlet, W. Hodges Davis, Tomas Buchhorn
  • Ankle brace
    Patent number: 11517462
    Abstract: An ankle brace for treating or preventing a high ankle sprain is disclosed. The ankle brace includes a body configured to be worn over an ankle. A tightening mechanism is attached to the body and configured to tighten the body around a wearer's lower leg to prevent distal ends of the tibia and fibula from separating. A torsion strap is attached to the body and configured to wrap from a fifth metatarsal to a medial malleolus to limit external rotation of the foot. The ankle brace can include lateral and medial straps for limiting eversion and inversion of the foot. The ankle brace can include heat moldable lateral and medial support plates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: DJO, LLC
    Inventors: Richard E. Gildersleeve, Robert B. Anderson, Gregory Charles Berlet, W. Hodges Davis, Tomas Buchhorn
  • ANKLE BRACE
    Publication number: 20190254853
    Abstract: An ankle brace for treating or preventing a high ankle sprain is disclosed. The ankle brace includes a body configured to be worn over an ankle. A tightening mechanism is attached to the body and configured to tighten the body around a wearer's lower leg to prevent distal ends of the tibia and fibula from separating. A torsion strap is attached to the body and configured to wrap from a fifth metatarsal to a medial malleolus to limit external rotation of the foot. The ankle brace can include lateral and medial straps for limiting eversion and inversion of the foot. The ankle brace can include heat moldable lateral and medial support plates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2017
    Publication date: August 22, 2019
    Inventors: Richard E. Gildersleeve, Robert J. Anderson, Gregory Charles Berlet, W. Hodges Davis, Tomas Buchhorn