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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 20, 2010
Filed:
Aug. 09, 2007
Jeffrey L. Jensen, Evergreen, CO (US);
Brian D. Gillin, Parker, CO (US);
John V. Atanasoff, Ii, Boulder, CO (US);
Thomas E. Gage, Boulder, CO (US);
Jeffrey L. Jensen, Evergreen, CO (US);
Brian D. Gillin, Parker, CO (US);
John V. Atanasoff, II, Boulder, CO (US);
Thomas E. Gage, Boulder, CO (US);
Medefficiency, Inc., Wheat Ridge, CO (US);
Abstract
Embodiments of the present invention include an apparatus for encouraging compliance with a prescribed orthotic treatment, including an orthotic device applied to a limb of a user, a strap coupled to the orthotic device, the strap having two ends and configured to wrap around the orthotic device at an attachment area, where a length along the strap is smaller than a maximum circumference of the limb distal to the attachment area, and a locking mechanism to lock the strap onto itself. Other embodiments of the present invention include a system for off-weighting a user's foot, including a hardenable cast; a rigid outer boot having a footbed, a first side strut with a first strap aperture, a second side strut with a second strap aperture, and a strap extending through the first strap aperture and the second strap aperture and operable to tighten around the hardenable cast.