The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 25, 2018
Filed:
May. 20, 2015
Applicant:
Medi Gmbh & Co. KG, Bayreuth, DE;
Inventor:
Patrick Bauer, Auerbach, DE;
Assignee:
MEDI GMBH & CO. KG, Bayreuth, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 5/01 (2006.01); A61F 5/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 5/0123 (2013.01); A61F 5/0109 (2013.01); A61F 5/30 (2013.01); A61F 2005/0146 (2013.01); A61F 2005/0172 (2013.01); A61F 2005/0176 (2013.01);
Abstract
A knee brace having a tubular elastic knitted body with at least one pressure pad arranged thereon, which, when the brace is being worn, extends across the patellar tendon. On the front side of the knitted body, a first tension strap is provided, which extends around only a certain part of the knitted body and passes over the pressure pad. On the rear side of the knitted body, a second tension strap is provided, which is offset in the height direction from the first tension strap, and which extends around only a certain part of the knitted body.