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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 23, 2024
Filed:
Oct. 08, 2021
Applicant:
Walqer Llc, Newburgh, IN (US);
Inventors:
David Lippman, Newburgh, IN (US);
Phillip Behrens, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61H 3/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61H 3/02 (2013.01); A61H 2201/0153 (2013.01); A61H 2201/0157 (2013.01); A61H 2201/164 (2013.01);
Abstract
Walking assistance devices and systems for rehabilitation system for reducing the knee adduction moment in a user, reducing stress on the knee, and potentially slowing deterioration of the knee associated with osteoarthritis of the knee and delaying the need for knee replacement surgery. In one embodiment the walking assistance device includes a handle or grip portion, a shaft portion, and a base portion having a rocker bottom which reduces the knee adduction moment on the stance leg of a user.