Fastening system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9777765-B2
Application number	US-201414779549-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 27, 2014
Priority date	Mar 28, 2013
Publication date	Oct 3, 2017
Grant date	Oct 3, 2017

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a fastening system for fastening a first component on a second component, wherein the first component has a first bearing surface and a first direction of extent, and the second component has a second bearing surface and a second direction of extent, and an included angle between the first direction of extent and the second direction of extent is adjustable steplessly within an angle range. The fastening system has a clamp element with which the first component can be fastened on the second component when the first bearing surface lies on the second bearing surface, and, in the fastened state of the two components, at least one force-transmitting element is clamped between the two bearing surfaces.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A fastening system, comprising:
a first component having a first bearing surface and a first direction of extent;
a second component having a second bearing surface and a second direction of extent, the second bearing surface lying on the first bearing surface, wherein an included angle between the first direction of extent and the second direction of extent is adjustable steplessly within an angle range;
a clamp assembly with which the first component is fastened to the second component when the first bearing surface lies on the second bearing surface;
at least one force-transmitting member clamped between the first and second bearing surfaces when the first and second components are fastened to each other;
wherein the first component and the second component are part of an orthopedic device.

2. The fastening system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the force-transmitting member has a closed contour and is configured as an O-ring.

3. The fastening system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the angle range lies in a plane which is defined by the first bearing surface.

4. The fastening system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the clamp assembly includes a first member that extends through a bore in the first bearing surface and the second bearing surface.

5. The fastening system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the clamp assembly includes a threaded plate, which is positionable on a side of one of the first and second components opposite a respective one of the first and second bearing surfaces.

6. The fastening system as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the clamp assembly includes at least one stop which, when the clamp is in a fastened state, lies on at least one counter-stop on one of the first and second components.

7. The fastening system as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the clamp assembly includes a first member that extends through the force-transmitting element when the first and second components are fastened to each other.

8. The fastening system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the force-transmitting member comprises an elastic material.

9. The fastening system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a groove for receiving the force-transmitting member is arranged in one of the first bearing surface and the second bearing surface.

10. The fastening system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the orthopedic device is a joint.

11. A fastening system, comprising:
a first component having a first bearing surface;
a second component having a second bearing surface, the second bearing surface contacting the first bearing surface, the first and second components being adjustable within an angle range relative to each other;
a clamp assembly configured to fasten the first component to the second component when the first bearing surface contacts the second bearing surface;
at least one force-transmitting member positioned between the first and second bearing surfaces when the first and second components are fastened to each other;
wherein the first component and the second component are part of an orthopedic device.

12. The fastening system as claimed in claim 11 , wherein the force-transmitting member has a closed contour.

13. The fastening system as claimed in claim 11 , wherein the angle range is measured within in a plane defined by the first bearing surface.

14. The fastening system as claimed in claim 11 , wherein the clamp assembly includes a first member that extends through a bore formed in the first bearing surface and the second bearing surface.

15. The fastening system as claimed in claim 11 , wherein the clamp assembly includes a threaded plate, which is positionable on a side of one of the first and second components opposite a respective one of the first and second bearing surfaces.

16. The fastening system as claimed in claim 11 , wherein the clamp assembly includes at least one stop which, when the clamps is in a fastened state, lies on at least one counter-stop on one of the first and second components.

17. The fastening system as claimed in claim 11 , wherein the clamp assembly includes a first member that extends through the force-transmitting member when the first and second components are fastened to each other.

18. The fastening system as claimed in claim 11 , wherein the force-transmitting member comprises an elastic material.

19. The fastening system as claimed in claim 11 , wherein a groove to receive the force-transmitting member is arranged in one of the first bearing surface and the second bearing surface.

Assignees

• Bock Healthcare Gmbh

Inventors

• Schilling Matthias
• Hochmann David

Classifications

• Y10T24/44026

  for cooperating with aperture in supporting structure or structure-to-be-secured · CPC title

• A61F5/0123

  for the knees (A61F5/0106 takes precedence) · CPC title

• Y10T16/5403

  Cross-Sectional Technologies · mapped topic

• A61F2/00

  Filters implantable into blood vessels; Prostheses, i.e. artificial substitutes or replacements for parts of the body; Appliances for connecting them with the body; Devices providing patency to, or preventing collapsing of, tubular structures of the body, e.g. stents (dental prostheses A61C13/00; artificial kidneys A61M1/14; artificial hearts A61M60/00) · CPC title

• Y10T16/54038

  Cross-Sectional Technologies · mapped topic