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Breg, Inc.

Brett Owen Bledsoe

Gary R Bledsoe

Barry P Bledsoe

Blake H Bledsoe

Gregory A Bledsoe

Eric N Bledsoe

John C Cade

Clifford H Carlson

Clarence E Bledsoe

A latch assembly comprises a backplate, a lock lever, and a latch member. The lock lever is operable by a user to unlock the latch assembly such that the latch member is free to rotate relative to the backplate and allow a gate to be opened. The lock lever is attached to the backplate and is free to move relative to the backplate for operation of the latch assembly. The latch member is attached to the backplate and is free to move relative to the backplate while the latch assembly is in an unlocked configuration, but is prohibited from to moving relative to the backplate by the lock lever while the latch assembly is in a locked configuration.

Latch assembly

An orthopedic knee brace includes an upper medial upright; a lower medial upright; an upper lateral upright; a lower lateral upright; a medial hinge connected rotatably to the upper and lower medial uprights; a lateral hinge connected rotatably to the upper and lower lateral uprights; and wherein one of the medial and lateral hinges is configured such that its respective uprights rotate from a flexion to an extended relative positioning while striking a radially-decreasing arc, while the other of the medial and lateral hinges is configured such that its respective uprights rotate from a flexion to an extended relative positioning while striking a radially-increasing arc.

Orthopedic knee brace with dynamically changing medial and lateral hinges

An orthopedic walking boot promotes rapid healing of diabetic foot ulcerations by lowering the maximum peak pressure imposed upon the foot. The walker has a hard unyielding shell which is designed for walking. The shell closely and rigidly supports a mid-sole in a foot-shaped bed. The mid-sole has a foot-shaped cavity with rounded sides adapted to form resilient support for the heel, arch and sides of a foot in addition to the bottom of a foot. A conformable inner-sole is adapted to fit over the foot-shaped cavity in the mid-sole and be compressed in response to foot pressure between the sides and bottom of the foot and the sides and bottom of the foot-shaped cavity in the mid-sole thereby compensating for small differences between the shape of the foot and the shape of the cavity. Weight applied to the foot is transferred to the walking shell by contact between the sides of the foot, arch, and heel and the arch, heel and sides of the foot-shaped cavity as well as the bottom of the cavity thereby decreasing the peak or maximum unit pressure on the plantar surface of the foot. A breathable bootie which wraps the foot and lower leg in a protective 'cocoon' is preferably secured to the upper surface of the insole thereby preventing foreign materials from entering the foot cavity.

Walking boot for diabetic and other patients

A dynamically shiftable knee brace is used to counteract anterior tibial displacement caused during leg extension by the quadriceps muscle when the anterior cruciate ligament is missing or damaged. The brace includes pairs of rigid thigh and calf support members which extend along and are strapped to thigh and calf portions of the leg, the support member pairs being pivotally connected at their inner ends to one another by a pair of specially designed hinges positioned on opposited sides of the knee. As the leg is extended from a flexed position toward its fully straightened position the hinges cause a relative anterior-posterior shift between the support member pairs in a manner creating a shear force across the knee which is opposite that generated by the quadriceps muscle. The connection strap system is operative to substantially prevent distal brace shift along the leg, and may also be adjusted to cause selective lateral or medial flexion of the calf support members relative to the thigh support members in response to leg extension.

Dynamically shiftable counter shear force knee brace

A passive motion exerciser for simultaneously flexing the hip and knee joints of a human leg has a base portion with an inclined guide member positionable parallel to a line extending through the ankle and hip joints of the leg, a reversible motor-driven drive member movable upwardly and downwardly along the inclined guide member, and an elongated leg support frame structure securable to the leg and longitudinally adjustable to fit legs of varying lengths. The support frame structure has a first end portion positionable adjacent the ankle joint, a second end portion positionable between the knee and hip joint, and a pivoted intermediate portion positionable adjacent the knee joint. A connecting member is attached to the guide member for movement therealong parallel to the drive member and is connected to the first outer end portion of the support frame structure. The second outer end portion of the support frame structure is pivotally interconnected to the drive member by a cam-driven linkage structure. In response to movement of the drive member, the linkage structure translationally and pivotally drives the second end portion of the support frame structure in a manner causing simultaneous flexure of the hip and knee joints and automatically maintaining a predetermined correlation between the flexure angles of the hip and knee joints regardless of the length of the supported leg.

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Cedar Hill, TX, United States of America

Brett Owen Bledsoe