Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Knee orthosis with helicoidal axis and method of design and fabrication thereof
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Application No.: US16475235Application Date: 2018-12-04
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Publication No.: US10675167B2Publication Date: 2020-06-09
- Inventor: Jacinte Bleau , Sébastien Hinse , Maxime Labelle
- Applicant: 2330-2029 QUÉBEC INC
- Applicant Address: CA Montréal, Québec
- Assignee: 2330-2029 QUÉBEC INC
- Current Assignee: 2330-2029 QUÉBEC INC
- Current Assignee Address: CA Montréal, Québec
- Agency: Adsero IP
- International Application: PCT/CA2018/051550 WO 20181204
- International Announcement: WO2019/109178 WO 20190613
- Main IPC: A61F5/01
- IPC: A61F5/01 ; G06F30/00 ; A61B5/00

Abstract:
A knee orthosis is provided. In described embodiments, the knee orthosis is designed to follow a natural movement of a wearer's knee along an asymmetric helicoidal axis of rotation. In some embodiments, the knee orthosis has hinges with shells having displacing geometric centers which do not coincide. In some embodiments, the knee orthosis is made of femoral and tibial hinges manufactured as single integral pieces. In some embodiments, the orthosis is configured to realign the wearer's knee in a frontal plane. Corresponding methods for designing and manufacturing a custom knee orthosis are also provided.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190328567A1 KNEE ORTHOSIS WITH HELICOIDAL AXIS AND METHOD OF DESIGN AND FABRICATION THEREOF Public/Granted day:2019-10-31
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