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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 21, 1998
Filed:
Oct. 09, 1996
Thorsten Herzberg, Hamburg, DE;
Beiersdorf Aktiengesellschaft, Hamburg, DE;
Abstract
The knee brace (100) with a casing to be applied to the leg and held together on the front side of the leg with the aid of fastening straps of a padded frame is comprised of a frame (10), of a half shell-shaped frame portion (11) which can be applied dorsally to the thigh and a half shell-shaped frame portion (111) which can be dorsally applied to the lower leg, wherein both frame portions (11;111) are rigidly or articulatedly interconnected and each frame portion (11; 111) is formed by a U-shaped bar section (12;112) with an approximately semicircularly proceeding web (13;113) for application to the rear of the thigh or of the lower leg, to which a plurality of one-armed fixation rods (16, 16a, 16b, 16', 16a', 16b'; 116, 116a, 116b; 116', 116a', 116b') which are attached with one end, which proceed in the longitudinal direction of the knee brace (100), which are deformable, springable and which possess a high degree of inherent rigidity and which are adapted to the anatomic configuration of the leg, are secured, while two frame portions (11;111) are interconnected in such a way that their two U-shaped bar sections (12:112) face each other, the knee brace (100), within the region of its two terminal areas, is provided with one fastening strap (20;120) each and, above and below the knee, is provided with one further fastening strap (30;130) each (FIG. 1).