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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 11, 2025
Filed:
Jun. 13, 2018
President and Fellows of Harvard College, Cambridge, MA (US);
Children's Medical Center Corporation, Boston, MA (US);
Ata Kiapour, Wayland, MA (US);
Dmitry Popov, Somerville, MA (US);
Rachel M. Granberry, Saint Paul, MN (US);
Danielle L. Nathanson, Chicago, IL (US);
Asa M. Eckert-Erdheim, Cambridge, MA (US);
Conor James Walsh, Cambridge, MA (US);
PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE, Cambridge, MA (US);
Abstract
A soft brace to prevent injury to one or more target joints or body segments is disclosed. The soft brace includes one or more tensile elements configured to limit motion of one or more target joints based on placement of the one or more tensile elements relative to the one or more target joints such that the placement and tension of each of the one or more tensile elements provides resistance against motion of the one or more target joints; one or more soft tissue anchors positioned on a body around the one or more target joints, the one or more anchors being configured to anchor one or more of the one or more tensile elements to the body to provide force distribution relative to the one or more target joints; and wherein at least one of the one or more tensile elements is routed in parallel with the approximate center of rotation of at least one of the one or more target joints.