US 7,320,672 B2 | ||
Articulated joint for a knee brace with adjustable angular extension | ||
Alberto Turrini, Castel d' Azzano (Italy); and Moreno Ferrigolo, Dossobuono (Italy) | ||
Assigned to F.G.P. Srl, (Italy) | ||
Appl. No. 10/547,885 PCT Filed Feb. 23, 2004, PCT No. PCT/IT2004/000078 § 371(c)(1), (2), (4) Date Sep. 02, 2005, PCT Pub. No. WO2004/078078, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 16, 2004. |
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Claims priority of application No. VR2003A0027 (IT), filed on Mar. 06, 2003. | ||
Prior Publication US 2006/0173392 A1, Aug. 03, 2006 | ||
Int. Cl. A61F 13/00 (2006.01) |
U.S. Cl. 602—26 [602/16] | 10 Claims |
1. An articulated joint for a knee brace with controllable angular movement, comprising a plate equipped with at least one pair of hinged couplings for respective uprights provided with means of constraint to the femur and to the tibia, whereby said plate has a shaped central section and at least one housing for a respective extractable insert designed to come into contact against the central section and against at least one longitudinal end of one of the uprights, said joint further comprising means of temporary restraint of the inserts to the plate, wherein the shaped section and the inserts are interchangeable with other similar respective components with a different perimeter configuration. |