Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Weight-bearing lower extremity brace
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Application No.: US12502893Application Date: 2009-07-14
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Publication No.: US08403872B2Publication Date: 2013-03-26
- Inventor: Hans G. Franke , David Salinger , Jeff Dodd
- Applicant: Hans G. Franke , David Salinger , Jeff Dodd
- Applicant Address: US NV Incline Village
- Assignee: TOAD Corporation
- Current Assignee: TOAD Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US NV Incline Village
- Agency: Baker & McKenzie LLP
- Main IPC: A61F5/00
- IPC: A61F5/00 ; A61B5/103 ; A41D13/00

Abstract:
The present disclosure relates, according to some embodiments, to a device and/or system (e.g., redistributing weight away from a subject's foot), which may comprise (a) a platform, (b) at least one vertical support fixed to the platform and extending upwardly from the platform, and (c) at least one cuff (i) configured to surround and releasably grip at least a portion of a subject's leg other than the foot and (ii) mounted (e.g., adjustably) to the at least one vertical support at a vertical position along the at least one vertical support sufficient to suspend a subject's foot in a non-weight-bearing position above the platform during ambulation, wherein the platform, the at least one vertical support, and the at least one cuff together are configured to bear at least the subject's full weight.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100130898A1 WEIGHT-BEARING LOWER EXTREMITY BRACE Public/Granted day:2010-05-27
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