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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 28, 2023
Filed:
Mar. 13, 2017
Ottobock SE & Co. Kgaa, Duderstadt, DE;
Annedore Kurzweg, Gottingen, DE;
Emma Louise Van Den Berg, Enschede, NL;
Harry Plechelmus Christenhusz, Bad Bentheim, DE;
OTTOBOCK SE & CO. KGAA, Duderstadt, DE;
Abstract
An orthopaedic device with a shell mechanism which can be brought into a closed position in which it engages at least partially around a body part arranged in the shell mechanism, and into an open position, in which the body part can be brought into the shell mechanism, wherein the shell mechanism can be brought from the open position to the closed position by means of the body part being introduced into the shell mechanism. The device has at least one actuation element which is arranged and designed in such a way that it is actuated when the body part is introduced into the shell mechanism, and it brings the shell mechanism from the open position to the closed position, wherein the actuation element has a tensile force transmission element, in particular a band or a cloth.