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a brace and lower extremity technology, applied in the field of weight-bearing lower extremity brace, can solve the problems of incomplete restoration of mobility, undesirable effects of crutches and wheel chairs, etc., and achieve the effects of reducing or eliminating the tuorniquet effect, reducing the compression of the lower extremity, and increasing the suspension
Inactive Publication Date: 2013-10-10
TOAD MEDICAL
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[0014]A lower extremity brace may be configured to reduce or eliminate a tuorniquet effect in some embodiments. For example, a lower extremity brace may comprise a prosthetic suspension sieve (e.g., comprising urethane and / or silicone) to provide circumferential compression, to provide skin protection, to increase suspension, and / or to minimize compression of the lower extremity.
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However, crutches and wheel chairs may be undesirable because of the limitations they impose on a subject's ability to use their hands.
In addition, crutches and / or wheel chairs may incompletely restore mobility, and / or may be untenable in an older person due to decreased upper body strength and / or poor balance in the case of crutches.
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[0051]The present disclosure relates, according to some embodiments, to methods, devices, and systems for facilitating ambulation (e.g., walking, running, dancing, and the like) of a subject, optionally, a subject having an impaired lower extremity. For example, a system for facilitating ambulation of a subject may include a walking brace configured to suspend a subject's lower extremity (e.g., foot) in a non-weight-bearing position. In some embodiments, a system may transfer the subject's weight to at least a portion of the subject's lower leg and / or to at least a portion of the subject's upper leg. A weight-bearing portion of the lower leg may have a vertical span from about the gastrocnemius / solius muscles to about the tibial plateau. A weight-bearing portion of the upper leg may have a vertical span from just superior to the patella to about the proximal one third of the quadriceps femoris. A lower cuff may span up to the entire circumference of a subject's lower leg. An upper c...
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The present disclosure relates, according to some embodiments, to a device and / or system (e.g., redistributing weight away from a subject's foot), which may comprise (a) a platform, (b) at least one vertical support fixed to the platform and extending upwardly from the platform, and (c) at least one cuff (i) configured to surround and releasably grip at least a portion of a subject's leg other than the foot and (ii) mounted (e.g., adjustably) to the at least one vertical support at a vertical position along the at least one vertical support sufficient to suspend a subject's foot in a non-weight-bearing position above the platform during ambulation, wherein the platform, the at least one vertical support, and the at least one cuff together are configured to bear at least the subject's full weight.
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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS[0001]This application is a continuation-in-part of U.S. application Ser. No. 13 / 247,738 filed Sep. 28, 2011, which itself is a continuation-in-part of U.S. application Ser. No. 12 / 502,893 filed Jul. 14, 2009, which itself is a continuation-in-part of U.S. application Ser. No. 12 / 404,104 filed Mar. 13, 2009, which itself is a continuation-in-part of U.S. application Ser. No. 12 / 324,185 filed Nov. 26, 2008, now issued as U.S. Pat. No. 8,021,316. This application also is a continuation-in-part of U.S. application Ser. No. 12 / 684,573 filed Jan. 8, 2010, which itself is a continuation of PCT Application No. US09 / 037,171 filed Mar. 13, 2009, which itself is a continuation-in-part of U.S. application Ser. No. 12 / 324,185 filed Nov. 26, 2008, now issued as U.S. Pat. No. 8,021,316. The contents of all of the above are hereby incorporated in their entirety by reference.FIELD OF THE DISCLOSURE[0002]The present disclosure relates, according to some embodim...
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