15 results about "Malleolus" patented technology

A rear-entry ankle brace includes an elastomeric component defining an inside elbow channel configured to span an ankle joint. A channel opening extends the length of the elastomeric component for direct insertion on top of a leg. One or more leg straps are used to adjustably tension first and second rear edges of the channel opening toward one another and secure the brace to the lower leg. Two foot straps are used to adjustably tension first and second bottom edges of the channel opening toward one another and secure the brace to the mid-foot. The foot straps overlap on the bottom to define a plantar surface of the brace and cross over each other on the topside of the elastomeric component and are secured to a leg strap. A pair of stabilizing stirrups optionally are included on the inside surfaces of the elastomeric component and receive the malleoli.

The invention provides a method for key point detection and angle measurement of an anterior X-ray image of an ankle joint, and belongs to the technical field of image processing. According to the method, an anterior X-ray image of an ankle joint is collected, a standard data set is constructed, and the data set is utilized to train a key point detection network. The method comprises the following steps: firstly, carrying out standardization processing on an anterior X-ray image of an ankle joint, and training a key point detection model by utilizing an annotation data set; then, the trained model is applied to a new X-ray image, and detection results of 12 key points are obtained through prediction of the model. And finally, based on a key point detection result, combining a mathematical algorithm and an image processing technology to calculate the following angles: a tibia lateral malleolus angle, a tibia medial malleolus angle, a tibia articular surface angle, a tibia ankle acupoint angle, a tibia ankle angle, a fibular ankle angle, a talus inclination angle, a medial and lateral malleolus angle and a tibia talus angle. The method can provide an accurate diagnosis basis for clinicians, helps orthopedists to quickly evaluate the health condition of the ankle joint, remarkably improves the accuracy and efficiency of angle measurement, and reduces manual operation time and errors. The method has wide application prospects in the fields of ankle joint injury assessment, treatment effect monitoring and the like.

An article of footwear with a knitted component including an upper and an integral knit ankle cuff is provided. The upper and the ankle cuff are formed as a one-piece knit element. The knit element forms a portion of an exterior surface of the upper and an opposite interior surface of the upper, with the interior surface forming a void for receiving a foot. The ankle cuff is formed of unitary knit construction with the upper as a one-piece knit element and extends above a throat area of the upper. The ankle cuff includes malleolus zones on medial and lateral sides to correspond with the ankle bones of a wearer. The knit component further incorporates features to assist with providing entry for a foot of a wear, providing comfort to a wearer, and to assist with orientation of the upper of the article of footwear when being worn.

An ankle protector garment for surrounding the ankle of a wearer of a boot has a resilient woven toeless tubular body extending from an upper cuff to a lower cuff. Pockets on either side of the body receive foam pads. Each pad has an upper segment with downwardly extending forward and rear tabs which are spaced on either side of a gap, with the rear tab being shorter than the forward tab. The body positions the tabs of each pad about the lateral and medial malleolus of a wearer, to thereby lessen the bearing of the boot on the protruding portions of a wearer's ankle. The gap is open downwardly, accommodating a range of wearer malleolus positions. The pads further extend above the upper margin of the boot to alleviate the bearing of the boot on the wearer's lower leg.

A skate boot includes a boot shell having an upper portion forming parts of a lateral side and medial side of the skate boot, the upper portion defining an ankle receiving region of the boot shell and adapted to receive malleoli of the wearer, and a base portion forming other parts of the lateral side and medial side of the skate boot below the ankle receiving region. A flexion feature joins the upper portion and the base portion on at least one of the lateral side and the medial side of the skate boot. The flexion feature is resiliently deformable and causes a relative angular movement between the base portion and the upper portion in a fore-aft direction of the skate boot. The flexion feature includes an intermediary section located below the ankle receiving region of the skate boot.

To improve the static fitting property and dynamic fitting property of a shell to a foot at a position behind the ankle of the foot of a wearer in a shoe provided with the flexible shell composed of an elastic material.SOLUTION: The shoe sidewall is provided with a flexible shell 10 made of an elastic material including a bottom 1A part and a peripheral wall part 12. In the peripheral wall part 12, a swelling part including an easily deformable part composed of a three dimensional mesh structural body swelling toward the insertion space SP3 side into which the feet of the wearing person are inserted is provided at a position corresponding to at least one of a part behind the inner malleolus point and a part behind the outer malleolus point of the feet of the wearing person. In the peripheral wall part 12, a high-rigidity part as a hard-to-deform part having higher rigidity than the easy-to-deform part is provided at a position below the part where the swelling part is provided. At least a portion of the peripheral wall portion 12 including the bulging portion and the high-rigidity portion is formed of a single member.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 7

The invention discloses an arch self-adaptive sports shoe vamp structure based on an integrated sock sleeve and flying wings, which comprises a three-section type upper and lower integrated structure shoe body arranged on a sole, and the shoe body comprises a waterproof low section formed by a TPU (thermoplastic polyurethane) belt, a middle section made of a high-strength light material and an upper section made of a flyknit fabric which are connected in sequence. At least one inelastic flying wing is arranged on the shoe body, one end of each flying wing is fixedly connected to the edge of the inner side of the shoe sole, the other end of each flying wing is a free end, and the free ends can be attached to the arch, then extend towards the lateral malleolus and are attached to the lower area of the lateral malleolus of the shoe body. Each flying wing comprises a hard section, a flexible wrapping section and a flexible hook surface section which are connected in sequence, and the shoe body is correspondingly provided with a hair surface section which is bonded with the hook surface section. Performance optimization is achieved through a three-section type partition structure, the flying wings are used for generating horizontal pulling force to wrap the arch, black toes caused by forward rushing of the foot are prevented, meanwhile, additional support is provided for ankle joints, the ankle sprain risk is reduced, and self-adaptive non-compression wrapping of the arch is achieved.

A rear-entry ankle brace includes an elastomeric component defining an inside elbow channel configured to span an ankle joint. A channel opening extends the length of the elastomeric component for direct insertion on top of a leg. One or more leg straps are used to adjustably tension first and second rear edges of the channel opening toward one another and secure the brace to the lower leg. Two foot straps are used to adjustably tension first and second bottom edges of the channel opening toward one another and secure the brace to the mid-foot. The foot straps overlap on the bottom to define a plantar surface of the brace and cross over each other on the topside of the elastomeric component and are secured to a leg strap. A pair of stabilizing stirrups optionally are included on the inside surfaces of the elastomeric component and receive the malleoli.

The utility model discloses an auxiliary treatment device for posterior malleolus fracture, the auxiliary treatment device for posterior malleolus fracture is a self-shaping anti-slip steel plate, the self-shaping anti-slip steel plate is matched with a human posterior malleolus bone, and a plurality of screw holes are formed in the self-shaping anti-slip steel plate; through the design of the self-shaping anti-skid steel plate, the steel plate can be combined with the ankle joint of a patient to fix the ankle joint, the anatomical form of the posterior ankle is met, the ligament structure is not interfered, self shaping can be achieved in the operation, low incisura is achieved, and irritation to soft tissues such as posterior tendons is reduced or even eliminated, so that the medical cost is effectively reduced; the device has the advantages of being capable of accelerating the rehabilitation process of the wounded, good in fixing effect and good in self-plasticity.

The utility model relates to the technical field of clothes, and provides a hiking sock which comprises a sock leg, an ankle part and a sock body. A first connecting area is arranged at the bottom of the sock leg; one end of the ankle part is connected with the first connecting area, and the ankle part is provided with a medial malleolus protecting area, a lateral malleolus protecting area and a second connecting area for connecting the medial malleolus protecting area and the lateral malleolus protecting area corresponding to the medial malleolus and the lateral malleolus of the user; the elastic modulus value a of the medial malleolus protection area, the elastic modulus value b of the lateral malleolus protection area, the elastic modulus value c of the second connection area and the elastic modulus value d of the first connection area meet the following conditions: a < = b < d < c; the sock body is connected with the other end of the ankle part and used for wrapping the foot area of a user. By means of the structure, the medial malleolus protection area and the lateral malleolus protection area support the inner side and the outer side of the ankle respectively, and ankle sprain is avoided. Meanwhile, due to the fact that the ankle bone structure of the human body enables the ankle to turn inwards and sprain more easily, the elastic modulus of the medial malleolus protection area is smaller, support on the inner side of the ankle is enhanced, and the ankle of the user is prevented from turning inwards and sprain.

The present invention provides a circulating cold compress device for orthopedic nursing, belonging to the field of medical devices. It includes a fixing frame; a circulating cold compress main body for providing a cold source is arranged on the front side of the upper surface of the fixing frame, a rotating assembly is arranged at the upper end of the fixing frame and is movably connected with an ankle positioning assembly through the rotating assembly, and a control panel for controlling the device is arranged on the rotating assembly; the circulating cold compress main body includes a lower shell fixedly connected to the front side of the upper surface of the fixing frame, and a semiconductor refrigerator is arranged inside the lower shell. By setting the circulating cold compress main body, the present invention can use the annular airbag to fit the irregular protrusions at the ankle position, and thus can better fit and wrap the medial malleolus or lateral malleolus on both sides of the ankle joint, improving the cold compress effect of the device. At the same time, the present invention uses a semiconductor refrigerator for refrigeration, and the cooled gas can be recycled for cooling, avoiding the waste of residual cold quantity.

The present invention relates to the field of medical device technology, and specifically to a three-plane medial malleolus osteotomy guide device and a manufacturing method thereof, wherein the osteotomy guide device includes an osteotomy guide plate, which is a "door"-shaped structure. The osteotomy guide plate is attached to the medial malleolus and the anterior medial side of the lower tibia, and is fixed to the tibia by a plurality of fixing pins. The osteotomy guide plate is provided with three unequal osteotomy tracks, and an oscillating saw performs three-plane osteotomy on the target bone block through the osteotomy tracks. By providing an osteotomy guide plate, the present invention can guide the surgeon to perform precise osteotomy on the anterior malleolus of the lower tibia of the patient, retain the posterior medial malleolus, maintain the width of the medial malleolus, maintain the stability of the ankle hole, and achieve reasonable osteotomy selection, small osteotomy volume, and low bone damage. Moreover, when the osteotomy bone block is reduced and fixed, the three-dimensional space formed by the three osteotomy planes can improve the stability of the bone block fixation, have a better biomechanical fixation effect, reduce the risk of bone block displacement, and have significant clinical use value.

A sock with decorative strap as ankle and calf wrap is provided. The sock comprises a low-cut satin sock with edges below malleolus levels of a user and two vertical straps, one each attached at lower ends to sock edges at one of inside and outside areas of user ankle at attachment points forward of each malleolus. The sock also comprises binding fold-over elastic (FOE) covering the edges. The straps extend upward and wrap about a lower leg and tie in a bow at upper ends. The straps wrap in a crisscross and spiraling manner up the lower leg. Lower strap ends tuck inside the edges and inside the binding FOE. Lower ends tucking inside the binding FOE promote the lower ends not making contact with the user's skin. The system further comprises gel anti-slip features on a sole area. The straps are of length of about 26 inches each.

Shoe, comprehensive: a sole (2); and a shoe upper (10), wherein the shoe upper (10) comprises a shoe upper body (11), wherein the shoe upper body (11) comprises the following: an ankle opening (12) through which a foot of a wearer of the shoe (1) can be inserted into the shoe (1); and a stretchable section (15) made of a stretchable material, wherein the ankle opening (12) is arranged, viewed from the side, above a section corresponding to an imaginary line forming an upper section of a calcaneus (HL) of the foot of the wearer and upper sections of a tibial malleolus (MM) and a fibular malleolus (LM) of a tibia and connects one fibula to the other, wherein the stretchable section (15) forms a region of the shoe upper body (11) which includes a section corresponding to a center point of the tibial malleolus (MM) and a center point of the fibula malleolus (LM) of the wearer's foot and a position of the ankle opening (12), and wherein the stretchable section (15) is designed such that it can be deformed from an unstretched state to a stretched state and elastically returns from the stretched state to the unstretched state.

Ski boot (1) comprising a shell bottom (21), a collar (22) fixed to said shell bottom by means of at least two axial fixing means, a rigid shell (2) and tightening means; said at least two fixing means comprising a medial fixing means (231), respectively a lateral fixing means (232), substantially placed opposite the user's internal malleolus, respectively substantially placed opposite his external malleolus; said shell bottom comprising a medial flap (212) and a lateral flap (213) capable of sliding relative to each other so as to adapt the internal volume of the shell bottom;said tightening means comprise a cable (32), a means (35) for anchoring said cable on one of the flaps of the shell base, a medial loop (331) fixed on the medial flap, a lateral loop (333) fixed on the lateral flap (213), a tensioning mechanism (31, 31') of the cable and a third loop (332) which is fixed to the distal end of a strap (36), said strap being secured to the shell (2) by its proximal end thanks to the lateral fixing means (232) or to the medial fixing means (231). Preferably, said strap is retained by means of an anchoring ring (362) on said medial or lateral fixing means and said anchoring ring comprises a first opening (3621) for connecting the strap with the ring and a second opening (3622) adapted to surround said medial or lateral fixing means so as to allow rotation of the strap around the medial or lateral fixing means. Abstract figure: fig.1;