US 12,167,977 B2
Limb orthosis, in particular knee brace
Sandro Hebenstreit, Zeulenroda-Triebes (DE); Gerald Stier, Langenwetzendorf (DE); and Hans B. Bauerfeind, Zeulenroda-Triebes (DE)
Assigned to Bauerfeind AG, Zeulenroda-Triebes (DE)
Appl. No. 16/766,586
Filed by Bauerfeind AG, Zeulenroda-Triebes (DE)
PCT Filed Nov. 23, 2018, PCT No. PCT/EP2018/082346
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 22, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/101910, PCT Pub. Date May 31, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 102017220968.2 (DE), filed on Nov. 23, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2021/0022900 A1, Jan. 28, 2021
Int. Cl. A61F 5/01 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 5/0109 (2013.01) [A61F 5/0123 (2013.01); A61F 5/013 (2013.01); A61F 2005/0137 (2013.01); A61F 2005/0144 (2013.01); A61F 2005/0179 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A limb orthosis comprising:
a first strap comprising a first end and a second end, and configured to wrap around an upper limb, being routed at least once entirely around the upper limb, and cross over itself at least once at a first cross over region at the upper limb when the limb orthosis is in a donned state;
a second strap comprising a first and a second end, and configured to wrap around a lower limb, being routed at least once entirely around the lower limb, and cross over itself at least once at a second cross over region at the lower limb when the limb orthosis is in the donned state; and
a coupling element comprising a tensioning element, the coupling element configured to contact the limb at a level of a knee or an elbow when the limb orthosis is in the donned state,
wherein the first end of the first strap and the first end of the second strap is attached to the coupling element,
wherein the second end of the first strap and the second end of the second strap is connected to the tensioning element, and the tensioning element is configured ot simultaneously tension the first strap and the second strap.