3M Innovative Properties Company

John R Elrod

Edward Leonard Weaver, Ii

Jeremy J Jacobs

Michael Joseph Nickel

Sean T Cavanagh

Dominic J Julian

Edward L Ii Weaver

An ankle brace is provided that includes (a) a boot assembly having a semi-rigid or rigid support, (b) an adjustable stirrup configured to go under the arch of a wearer's foot, and (c) a lace and rotatable tightening mechanism configured to tighten the adjustable stirrup and pull it upward.

Ankle brace

Orthopedic pressure device

According to one embodiment, an orthopedic support for supporting a portion of a wearer's anatomy is provided. For example, the orthopedic support may be an ankle brace comprising a sheet of flexible material configured to at least partially enclose a wearer's ankle and a splint coupled to the sheet of material. The splint is configured to be positioned on a medial side of the wearer's ankle when the sheet of material is secured on the wearer's ankle and includes an undulating profile configured to conform to at least a portion of the medial side of the wearer's ankle and resist inversion of the ankle.

Ankle support with splint and method of using same

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Cincinnati, OH, United States of America

John R Elrod