Ottobock Se & Co. Kgaaß

Carsten Vogel

Oliver Mizera

Markus Tüttemann

Benjamin Schirrmeister

Jonas Bornmann

Paula Klinkert

Charlotte Marquardt

Matthias Schilling

Lars Benjamin Finke

Meike Kreutel

Markus Tuttemann

Emese Papp

Torsten Parth

Michael Bremer

Michael Lanzinger

Olaf Kroll-orywahl

Paul Weber

Fabienne Röschel

Pascal Schwedhelm

The invention relates to an orthopedic device for supporting a back, especially a lower back, of a user, wherein the device comprises

Device for supporting a back of a user

Examples include an upper joint arm for engaging a wearer's upper torso, connected to a first positive-locking element, and include a lower joint arm for engaging the wearer's upper leg body, and have a force application lever with a second positive-locking element, and a a mechanical energy store between the force application lever and the second joint arm. The first and second positive-locking element are aligned on a common axis, and are axially movable for engagement and disengagement. A safety device provides, in a mechanical engaging of the first and second positive-locking element, a corrective rotating of one or both the positive-locking elements. This rotation adjusts initial misalignments of the first positive-locking element and the second positive-locking element. The first positive-locking element and second positive-locking element, when engaged, transfer swivelling of the first joint arm relative to the second joint arm into a charging-discharging of the mechanical energy store.

Orthopedic device

An orthopedic device for supporting a lower back of a user includes The upper leg element is arranged on the pelvic element such that it can be swivelled about a first swivel axis,

A joint for an orthopedic device which has a first articulated arm and a second articulated arm, which are mounted about a swivel axis such that they can be swiveled relative to one another, and a blocking device which can be moved into a release position and a blocking position. The blocking device, when in the blocking position, blocks the swiveling of the first articulated arm relative to the second articulated arm in the first swivel direction, independently of a swivel angle between the first articulated arm and the second articulated arm, insofar as the swivel angle is in a predetermined range, and allows the swiveling in the first swivel direction, insofar as the swivel angle is outside of the predetermined range.

Joint for an orthopedic device

An orthopedic device for supporting a lower back of a user includes a mechanical energy store, a pelvic element, an upper body element with a first force transmission element and an upper leg element with a second force transmission element. The upper leg element is arranged on the pelvic element such that it can be swivelled about a first swivel axis, the upper body element is movably arranged relative to the pelvic element, the first force transmission element can be engaged and disengaged with the second force transmission element by moving the upper body element relative to the pelvic element, and the mechanical energy store can be charged and discharged by swivelling the upper leg element relative to the upper body element when the first force transmission element is engaged with the second force transmission element.

A leg orthosis including a securing device for securing the leg orthosis to the body of a orthosis user and at least one articulation device by means of which a first orthosis component, which can be fixed to an extremity of the user, is mounted such that it can pivot with respect to the securing device. The articulation device includes at least three joints, which respectively comprise at least one pivot axis, and each pivot axis intersects at a common point.

Leg orthosis and orthosis

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Duderstadt, Germany

Carsten Vogel