Orthosis with at least one textile bandage

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10517752-B2
Application number	US-201113805979-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 25, 2011
Priority date	Jul 1, 2010
Publication date	Dec 31, 2019
Grant date	Dec 31, 2019

Abstract

An orthosis with at least one holding element for placing on a body part and securing the holding element with at least one securing member, with which two ends of the holding element bearing on the body part can be connected to each other with tensioning. The at least one holding element is designed without a stable shaped part and allows the bandage to be applied using one hand because the holding element has at least one elastic expansion part, which does not perform the function of a shaped part adapted to the body part and which pretensions the holding element in such a starting shape that the ends of the holding element jut out from the body part, and, with the securing member, the ends of the holding element can be applied to the body part counter to the pretensioning of the expansion part.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An orthosis, comprising:
at least one holding element for placing on a body part;
at least one securing band operable to secure the at least one holding element to the body part;
wherein two ends of the at least one holding element are configured to bear on the body part and can be connected to each other with tensioning, the at least one holding element being designed without a stable shaped part;
at least one elastic expansion member provided as a distinct piece from and secured to the at least one holding element and extending along the at least one holding element in a direction in which the at least one holding element is configured to wrap around the body part, the at least one elastic expansion member pretensioning the at least one holding element when the at least one elastic expansion member is deformed by the at least one holding element, the pretension being configured to cause ends of the at least one holding element to jut out from the body part to form a tunnel shaped starting shape that is open on one side, the at least one elastic expansion member and the at least one holding element being configured to circumferentially wrap around the body part and close the open side of the tunnel shaped starting shape when the at least one holding element is secured to the body part by the at least one securing band, the at least one elastic expansion member being biased toward a flat position;
wherein the orthosis is adapted to be fitted and secured to the body part with one hand using the at least one securing band, the ends of the at least one holding element are configured to be applied with the at least one securing band to the body part counter to the pretensioning of the at least one elastic expansion member.

2. The orthosis as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the at least one securing band can be connected to at least two points of the at least one holding element.

3. The orthosis as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the at least one securing band is configured to be guided at one of the at least two points through an eyelet and turned back through 180°.

4. The orthosis as claimed in claim 3 , wherein a turned-back portion of the at least one securing band is held with a widened area captively in the eyelet.

5. The orthosis as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the at least one holding element is a textile bandage.

6. The orthosis as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the textile bandage, in an expanded starting shape, is pre-shaped to adapt to the body part on which the textile bandage is intended to be placed.

7. The orthosis as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the at least one holding element lies flat in an expanded starting shape.

8. The orthosis as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the at least one elastic expansion member includes at least one padded section configured to be directed toward the body part.

9. The orthosis as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the at least one elastic expansion member extends near an edge of the at least one holding element.

10. An orthosis, comprising:
at least one holding element for placing on a body part, the at least one holding element having ends configured to wrap around the body part;
at least one elastic expansion member provided as a distinct piece from and secured to a portion of the at least one holding element and extending in a direction in which the at least one holding element is configured to wrap around the body part, the at least one elastic expansion member being configured to pretension the at least one holding element when the at least one elastic expansion member is deformed by the at least one holding element, the pretensioning biasing the at least one holding element toward an undeformed position of the at least one elastic expansion member, the pretensioning being configured to cause the ends to jut out from the body part to form a tunnel shaped starting shape that is open on one side to facilitate securing of the orthosis to the body part with one hand, the at least one elastic expansion member being biased toward a flat position;
at least one securing band configured to secure the at least one holding element to the body part against the pretensioning and close the open side of the tunnel shaped starting shape.

Assignees

• Reinhardt Holger
• Hormes Helle
• Ottobock Se & Co Kgaa

Inventors

• Reinhardt Holger
• Hormes Helle

Classifications

• A61F5/373

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• A61F5/3723

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• A61F5/3738 Primary

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