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Orthopedic restraint apparatus

Details

Inventors: Jones, Robert W.;
Assignee: Mesa, Inc. (San Antonio, TX)
Primary Examiner: Burr; Edgar S.
Assistant Examiner: Cohen; Moshe I.
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Sisson; Thomas E.

An orthopedic restraint apparatus having lower leg brace members, a contoured foot support, an adjustable ankle joint articulation system, and a hingedly mounted toe member. The ankle joint articulation system is easily adjustable to a multiplicity of discrete flexion angles by the appropriate placement of limit pins in the ankle joint. The limit pins are removable in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the leg brace members.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION The present invention utilizes a heel, midfoot, and forefoot which essentially raises the foot approximately the same distance above the walking surface as does a standard shoe heel and sole.
No arcuated midfoot is required with the present invention as the result of the incorporation of a forefoot member having a hinge located at the point approximately where the toes meet the foot.
Further, a simplified ankle articulation control system is provided to allow incremental plantarflexion and dorsiflexion over a total range of 60.
degree.
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