Ankle-foot orthosis

摘要

An ankle-foot orthosis constructed of composite material to assist a person with a foot infirmity in walking comprising an upper arcuate convex shell to engage the anterior of the lower leg and a lower foot support member to engage and support the foot coupled together by an inverted substantially wishbone or Y-shaped intermediate interconnecting member including an upper elongated substantially vertical interconnecting member integrally formed with the upper arcuate convex shell and a lower arcuate convex lateral interconnecting member extending from the lower end portion of the upper elongated substantially vertical interconnecting member to each side of the lower foot support member.

主权项

1. An ankle-foot orthosis constructed of composite material to assist a person with a foot infirmity in walking comprising an upper leg support member including an arcuate convex shell including a lower end portion to engage the anterior of the lower leg and a lower foot support member to engage and support the foot coupled together by an intermediate interconnecting member comprising an upper portion including an upper elongated substantially vertical interconnecting member integrally formed with said upper arcuate convex shell and a lower convex member terminating in an upper side element or member extending downward from each side thereof and a lower portion including a pair of lateral supports extending upwardly from corresponding sides of said tower foot support member and coupled to said upper portion to cooperatively form an Inverted wishbone or Y configuration coupling said upper leg support member and said lower foot support member wherein said upper portion of said intermediate interconnecting member is rotatably or pivotally coupled to said lower portion of said intermediate interconnecting member by a coupling assembly disposed on each side of said ankle-foot orthosis.