45 results about "Medial malleolus" patented technology

A bone plating system comprising: a plate, where the plate is low-profile and capable of contouring to a bone; a variable number of screw holes, locking or non-locking; at least one channel or tunnel through the plate; and at least one flexible device passing through the channel or tunnel and passing through soft tissue attached to the bone. The low profile plate, in combination with the flexible device passing through the surrounding soft tissue, functions as a tension band and acts to neutralize the muscle forces tending to pull the bone apart at a fracture. The low profile tension band plating system is targeted for periarticular tensile fractures for repair of patella, olecranon, greater trochanter, greater tuberosity, radial styloid, lateral or medial malleoli, or lateral malleolus.

Implant devices for the internal fixation of fractured bones, and more particularly to ankle plates for the tibia bone are disclosed and include an anterolateral tibia plate having an L-shaped body including a proximal portion defining a longitudinal axis, and a distal portion defining a traverse axis, and having a support bridge connected between the proximal portion and the distal portion. Implant devices disclosed also include an anterior tibia plate having an elongated first portion, a second portion that widens outward with respect to the elongated first portion, and a plurality of removable tabs attached to the outer edge of the second portion. Implant devices disclosed also include a medial tibia plate having an elongated shaft with a proximal portion and a distal portion. The distal portion is configured to extend proximate to a base of medial malleolus, and has a curvature with respect to a longitudinal axis defined by the elongated shaft. The distal portion may include a plurality of removable tabs. The removable tabs may be disposed to define an opening between the removable tabs to orient a bone fastener into a bone.

A bone plating system comprising: a plate, where the plate is low-profile and capable of contouring to a bone; a variable number of screw holes, locking or non-locking; at least one channel or tunnel through the plate; and at least one flexible device passing through the channel or tunnel and passing through soft tissue attached to the bone. The low profile plate, in combination with the flexible device passing through the surrounding soft tissue, functions as a tension band and acts to neutralize the muscle forces tending to pull the bone apart at a fracture. The low profile tension band plating system is targeted for periarticular tensile fractures for repair of patella, olecranon, greater trochanter, greater tuberosity, radial styloid, lateral or medial malleoli, or lateral malleolus.

Aspects hereof relate to protective gear that is comfortable and supportive. The protective gear is a knitted or woven sleeve with impact-dampening pads of different shapes and sizes placed in strategic areas of the sleeve to provide protection to a foot and ankle area of an athlete's foot. In particular, the impact-dampening pads are placed on areas of the sleeve corresponding to a lower shin portion, a medial and lateral malleolus, and the Achilles tendon of an athlete wearing the protective gear.

A foot weight device is provided which can be fitted to the foot or footwear of a user. The device is particularly adapted for use with skates, and in particular a hockey skate. The device has one or more compartments located on each side of the user's ankle so as to provide an equally balanced weight on the side of the user's foot. The weight receiving compartments are positioned adjacent to both the lateral and medial malleolus portions of the ankle so that weight is preferably equally applied to both sides of the ankle. Alternatively, the weight receiving compartments can be formed as an integral part of the footwear. A more balanced foot weight is provided which minimizes undue strain on the ankle and foot structure.

A method of manufacturing an ice skate for enclosing a human foot when in use, the foot having a heel, an ankle with a medial malleolus and a lateral malleolus, a plantar surface, medial and lateral sides and toes. The method comprises (a) providing a sheet of thermoformable material; (b) thermoforming the sheet of thermoformable material to form an outer shell comprising (i) a heel portion for receiving the heel of the foot; (ii) an ankle portion for receiving the ankle; (iii) medial and lateral side portions for facing the medial and lateral sides of the foot respectively, the medial and lateral side portions extending forwardly from the heel portion and the ankle portion, one of the medial and lateral side portions comprising a skirt portion being integrally formed therewith; (c) folding the skirt portion to form a sole having an upper surface for facing the plantar surface of the foot and a bottom surface; and (d) mounting an ice skate blade holder to the bottom surface of the sole.

A body positioning aid may include one or more cushions optionally comprising one or more fasteners for securing said one or more cushions to at least one of an inner surface of a leg covering, an outside surface of a leg covering and a leg. The one or more cushions may extend a distance at least sufficient to extend from a user's medial knee and extend to said user's medial malleolus and may be configured to maintain contact with said user's medial knee and user's medial malleolus.

The invention relates to a talus prosthesis which comprises a complete talus prosthesis body. The complete talus prosthesis body comprises a nonmetallic material part on the upper side and a metal material part on the lower side. The nonmetallic material part and the metal material part can be combined and assembled. The nonmetallic material part comprises a trochoid articular facet and a medial malleolus articular facet. The metal material part comprises a subtalar articular facet. The nonmetallic material part or the metal material part comprises a talonavicular articular facet. Four to fivefastening nail channels are arranged on the metal material part. The subtalar articular facet and / or the talonavicular articular facet is / are of a porous bone trabecula structure or is / are provided with hydroxyapatite coatings. Due to the detachable nonmetallic material part and the detachable metal material part, replacement during revision is facilitated; the porous bone trabecula structure orthe hydroxyapatite coatings are adopted for the areas adjacent to bones, and bone fusion can be promoted; the gap outside a talus bone and a calcaneal bone is filled with a protruding part A, and stability is improved.

An ankle support having a leg portion connected sidewardly and rearwardly to a foot portion by at least one elongate resilient C-shaped member extending vertically on at least one medial or lateral side of an Achilles tendon of a wearer, wherein the at least one C-shaped member opens forwardly around at least one medial or lateral malleoli of the wearer, and wherein the at least one C-shaped member is constructed and arranged to allow natural functional ankle movement in both dorsiflexion and plantar flexion with minimal impedance while controllably inhibiting rolling ankle movement in inversion or eversion.

A sock 1 according to the invention is provided with an outer low-elasticity portion 7 having a length extending from a region near a base part of a fifth toe to a region near an outer malleolus part 3a via an outer face, and a width extending from a region near a first toe side of a fourth toe on an instep side to a region near a first toe side of the fifth toe on a volar side, an upper taping low-elasticity portion 8 formed in a direction substantially toward an inner malleolus part 3b side from a portion between the ankle and the region near the first toe side of the fourth toe in the outer low-elasticity portion 7 on the instep side, and an upper ankle low-elasticity portion 10 formed in the upper ankle part in a circumferential direction.

The present invention includes a walking boot device which immobilizes the ankle at about a 90° angle using a single anterior post that is angled at about 90° at an ankle joint from a lateral view, and encompasses an anterior one half of a calf proximally, and a dorsal one half of a forefoot distally. The post includes medial and lateral wings. The present invention defines an area for a medial and lateral malleolus and is narrow at the ankle and wider at the calf for a more anatomical fit. The present invention is secured to a leg using hook and loop fastener (Velcro®) strapping attached proximally around the calf posteriorly, away from any bony prominences. The hook and loop fastener (Velcro®) strapping is attached to the medial and lateral wings through brackets that are riveted into the wings. The present invention further includes foam inserts and a pneumatic bladder.

The invention discloses a dilator in the total knee arthroplasty, and belongs to the field of medical instruments. By means of the dilator, balance between soft tissues on the inner side and the outer side of the knee joint can be measured. The dilator comprises a pincer-shaped body and a dilating end. The dilating end is arranged at the far end of the pincer-shaped body and comprises a thigh-bone-side part and a tibia-side part. The thigh-bone-side part comprises a U-shaped dilating plate and a bearing-type device. The U-shaped dilating plate is divided into the inner side and the outer side which correspond to the medial malleolus and the lateral malleolus at the far end of the thigh bone after bone cutting in the TKA. The bearing-type device is arranged at the root of the U-shaped dilating plate and provided with scale marks which correspond to the thigh-bone outward-rotation angle of a trapezoid gap during prosthesis buckling. The inner side and the outer side of the U-shaped dilating plate can rotate around the bearing-type device. The tibia-side part is a rectangular dilating plate similar to the cross section of the tibial plateau in shape. The dilator is simple in structure and low in cost, the two-side intervals on the thigh-bone side and the tibia side can be compared at the same time, balance between the inner side and the outer side of the knee joint in the TKA is guaranteed, and convenience is brought to clinic popularization.

The invention relates to a shoe try-on sensing measuring instrument and a measuring method thereof. The shoe try-on sensing measuring instrument comprises a plane base plate. The plane base plate is in the shape of a flattie base plate. The plane base plate is provided with a longitudinal axle wire. The front end, the medial malleolus end and the lateral malleolus end of the plane base plate are each provided with a plurality of protruding size arcs. A plurality of sets of circumference rulers are transversely arranged on the plane base plate and sequentially include the toe circumference ruler, the toe circumference ruler, the instep girth circumference ruler and the pocket root circumference ruler from the end to the root of the plane base plate. The measuring method of the shoe try-on sensing measuring instrument comprises four steps, and the detailed size data of a foot of a testee can be precisely measured and worked out. The shoe try-on sensing measuring instrument is simple in structure, convenient to operate, capable of precisely measuring foot size data of different testees.

The invention discloses femoral prosthesis (100) and tibial prosthesis (150) for artificial knee arthroplasty. The femoral prosthesis (100) comprises a medial malleolus part (51) and an inner side trochlea part (131), the articular surface of the medial malleolus part represents to be one arc on a first oval (38) on a sagittal position, the articular surface of the inner side trochlea part represents to be one arc on a second oval or a circle (40) on a sagittal position, an outer side element (91,141) comprises an outer side trochlea part (141) and an extramalleolus part (91), the articular surface of the outer side trochlea part represents to be one arc on a third oval or round (80) on a sagittal position, and the articular surface of the extramalleolus part represents to be one arc on a fourth oval (78) on a sagittal position. According to the femoral prosthesis (100) and tibial prosthesis (150) for the artificial knee arthroplasty, the prosthesis can be closer to a geometrical morphology of the femoral condyle of the human body, and the design parameter values of femur prosthesis in different model numbers are dramatically simplified.

A guard for a rear ankle area of a wearer. A top portion is adapted to rest against a lower calf portion of the wearer. A middle portion is integrally formed to the top portion and extends therefrom curving outward to terminate at a bottom portion, wherein, in combination, the top portion, the middle portion and the bottom portion are adapted to align with and shield a substantial portion of an Achilles tendon of the wearer. The bottom portion has a bottom lateral end connected thereto extending radially therefrom to form a lateral cup, and the bottom portion has a bottom medial end connected thereto and extending therefrom radially on an opposite side of the bottom portion in an opposite direction from the bottom lateral end to form a medial cup for placement, respectively, over a lateral malleolus and medial malleolus of the wearer.

The invention discloses a luminous shoe which comprises an upper and a sole. The sole includes an inner sole, a middle sole, an inner outsole and an outer outsole, an opening groove is formed in the middle sole opposite to a foot arch, an inner cavity and a wire slot are communicated and formed in the inner outsole, the bottom surface of the middle sole is connected with the top surface of the inner outsole, the opening groove corresponds to the inner cavity, the wire slot is opposite to a flank of the inner side of a foot sole, a battery and a circuit board are arranged in the inner cavity, the circuit board is connected with an LED (light-emitting diode) luminescence strip through a wire in a wire slot, the LED luminescence strip is arranged at the edge of the inner outsole, and a hidden groove is formed in the inner side of a covered edge of the outer outsole. When the inner outsole and the outer outsole are combined together, the luminescence strip is clamped by the hidden groove, and a notch is formed in the inner side of the upper corresponding to the medial malleolus, so that a control switch of the luminescence strip and a USB (universal serial bus) charge interface are plugged into the position of the medial malleolus through the notch. According to the luminous shoe, a USB charge element and the control switch are sewn into the position of the medial malleolus, foot stress is avoided, wearing comfort of the luminous shoe is improved, and the service life of the luminous shoe is prolonged.

The invention discloses an inner anklebone anatomical plate. The inner anklebone anatomical plate comprises a plate body which is laminated and fixed at a far end of a shin bone; a plurality of firstscrew holes are distributed on the plate body; a position, toward a shin bone hypozygal face, at the periphery of the plate body is expanded outward to form an expanding part; a common face of the plate body and the expanding part is concave inward to form a covering surface for laminating an outer peripheral wall of the far end of the shin bone; the peripheral edge, toward an inner anklebone, ofthe expanding part extends outward to form an extending part for laminating the inner anklebone; a plurality of second screw holes are distributed on the extending part. The inner anklebone anatomicalplate disclosed by the invention has the following advantages and effects that an inner anklebone fracture part can be supported and fixed better, so that the fracture part is healed better.

A skate boot for enclosing a human foot when in use, the foot having a heel, an ankle with a medial malleolus and a lateral malleolus, an Achilles tendon having a n upper part and a lower part that projects outwardly with relation to the upper par t, the lower part merging with the heel, a plantar surface, medial and lateral sides and toes. The skate boot comprises an outer shell and a tendon guard affixed to the outer shell. The tendon guard is more flexible than the outer shell such that it allows backwards flexion of the ankle when the foot moves towards full extension.

Apparatus for determining a dorsiflexion angle of a surgical patient's foot relative to the corresponding leg during tendon surgery. The apparatus includes a leg member having a first support adapted for engaging at least one of a lateral malleolus and a medial malleolus of the patient, and a second support opposing the first support adapted for engaging another of the lateral malleolus and the medial malleolus of the patient. The apparatus further includes a foot member rotatably connected to the leg member for selectively rotating the foot member relative to the leg member about an axis defined by the first support and the second support of the leg member. The foot member has a metatarsal support adapted for engaging a predetermined point on at least one preselected metatarsal bone of the patient.

A prosthesis and kit for replacing an ankle joint, and methods of applying the devices or systems. The prosthesis is an intramedullary device directed towards replacement of either of the tibia or fibula bone, wherein the prosthesis is a replacement for the lateral malleolus or the medial malleolus, respectively.

Apparatus for determining a dorsiflexion angle of a surgical patient's foot relative to the corresponding leg during tendon surgery. The apparatus includes a leg member having a first support adapted for engaging at least one of a lateral malleolus and a medial malleolus of the patient, and a second support opposing the first support adapted for engaging another of the lateral malleolus and the medial malleolus of the patient. The apparatus further includes a foot member rotatably connected to the leg member for selectively rotating the foot member relative to the leg member about an axis defined by the first support and the second support of the leg member. The foot member has a metatarsal support adapted for engaging a predetermined point on at least one preselected metatarsal bone of the patient.

The invention provides a protective device for a foot ankle joint ligament, wherein the protective device includes an ankle brace, a foot arch pad, a plurality of fixing structures and ankle protection pads. The ankle brace is worn at a foot ankle joint of a patient; the foot arch pad is placed at the bottom of the ankle brace and at the foot sole position of the patient; the outer side of the ankle brace is wrapped with a group of fixing structures and the ankle protection pads, wherein the ankle protection pads are attached to a medial malleolus, lateral malleolus and foot contour of the patient respectively; with a biomechanics principle, and through the support of the foot arch, the stress state of the foot ankle bone joint and the ligament is improved, the foot ankle bone joint ligament is protected, and the secondary injury is reduced; the protrusion of bones is fully utilized, the position of the protective device is fixed, and slippage failure is avoided. The effects of increasing the ankle joint stability and preventing and treating sprain of ankle joint are achieved, and new treatment and protection measures are provided for vast patients with foot ankle joint ligamentousinjury and after foot ankle surgery.

A body positioning aid may include one or more cushions optionally comprising one or more fasteners for securing said one or more cushions to at least one of an inner surface of a leg covering, an outside surface of a leg covering and a leg. The one or more cushions may extend a distance at least sufficient to extend from a user's medial knee and extend to said user's medial malleolus and may be configured to maintain contact with said user's medial knee and user's medial malleolus.

The invention discloses an ankle-knee linkage walking assisting device, belongs to the field of medical instruments, and aims to solve the problem that an existing walking training assisting method is poor in treatment effect or expensive in equipment and cannot be popularized and used. The ankle-knee linkage walking assisting device comprises a knee joint wearing body, an ankle wearing body and a plurality of stay wires. The tension angle and the tension force of each stay wire are dynamically adjusted by adjusting the length of the stay wires and the position of a sliding screw, the posture of the ankle is limited by the tension force of the stay wires, the gentle flexion of the knee is controlled to be within 10 degrees, the dorsal flexion of the ankle is controlled to be larger than 0 degree, the consistency of each exercise training is guaranteed, through repeated exercise, exercise dynamic shaping reconstruction is realized, and action reflection is formed, so that the gait is fixed. By means of the open-chain and closed-chain motion principle, the far-end motion freedom degree is limited through ankle-knee combination, near-end control is strengthened, far-end abnormal modes are reduced, and the purposes of labor saving and auxiliary therapy are achieved.

The invention discloses a protector for preventing ankle joint sprain. The protector comprises an ankle guard body provided with a left vertical guard plate, a right vertical guard plate and a connecting bottom plate, wherein the ankle guard body is integrally made of a metal or high polymer material plate, and a U-shaped space formed among the left vertical guard plate, the right vertical guard plate and the connecting bottom plate is used for allowing a heel to be inserted in; front portions of upper ends of the left vertical protection plate and the right vertical protection plate are higher than the anterior articular surface of the talus, rear portions of the upper ends of the left vertical protection plate and the right vertical protection plate are higher than the posterior articular surface of the talus, a receding opening which extends downwards and avoids the malleolus medialis or the lateral malleolus is formed between the front portions and the rear portions of the upper ends of the vertical protection plates, and inner walls of the left vertical protection plate and the right vertical protection plate are each provided with a soft cushion. The ankle joint sprain prevention device can be used for prevention of ankle joint sprain, post-injury protection of a patient suffering from primary ankle joint sprain and symptom control of a patient suffering from repeated ankle joint sprain, can generate powerful protection on high-intensity exercise and physical work, particularly on the conditions of mountain complex terrain, wet and slippery ground conditions and the like, and is suitable for popularization and application.

The invention provides a sole. The sole is characterized in that the sole comprises an outsole which is in contact with the ground, a midsole which is arranged on the outsole and used for relieving knee joint pain of a low hardness area, and an insole which is arranged on the midsole and in contact with a sole of the foot of a user, wherein the midsole is provided with a high hardness area and a low hardness area which are distributed in the longitudinal direction of the midsole, the high hardness area is close to an external malleolus, the low hardness area is close to the side of a medial malleolus, and the hardness ratio of the low harness area to the high hardness area is 1:1.1-1.8. According to the sole, the low hardness area and the high hardness area with different hardness are adopted by the sole, wherein the hardness ratio of the low harness area to the high hardness area is 1:1.1-1.8, so that the plantar pressure center of a patient with KOA is shifted inwards and a lever armof a coronal section of the knee joint is shortened, an adduction moment of a medial compartment of the knee joint is reduced, and loads of the medial compartment are reduced to relieve pain of the patient.

The invention discloses a wing type inner and outer malleolus adjustable tumor half-ankle joint prosthesis. The wing type inner and outer malleolus adjustable tumor half-ankle joint prosthesis comprises a tibia far-end prosthesis, a lateral malleolus prosthesis, a medial malleolus prosthesis and a prosthesis cover plate, a cover plate connecting part is arranged on one side of the tibia far-end prosthesis, a lateral malleolus connecting part is arranged on the outer side of the lower portion of the cover plate connecting part, a medial malleolus connecting part is arranged on the inner side of the lower portion of the cover plate connecting part, the lateral malleolus prosthesis and the medial malleolus prosthesis are connected to the lateral malleolus connecting part and the medial malleolus connecting part respectively, and the prosthesis cover plate is fixed to the tibia far-end prosthesis through screws. The angles of the lateral malleolus prosthesis and the medial malleolus prosthesis relative to the tibia far-end prosthesis are adjustable. The joint prosthesis disclosed by the invention adopts a monopole type, so that the own sclerotin of a patient can be reserved to the greatest extent, and the looseness and infection risks of the prosthesis are small. The adjustable design is adopted, the angles of the lateral malleolus prosthesis and the medial malleolus prosthesis can be freely adjusted relative to the tibia far-end prosthesis so as to adapt to the talus of different sizes, the universality is high, the time for a patient to wait for prosthesis manufacturing can be shortened, meanwhile, the prosthesis is manufactured in batches, and the cost of a single piece is low.

An ankle rehabilitation protector comprises a fixing rack and a fixing band, wherein the fixing band adopts a sandwich structure; the fixing rack is arranged in the interlayer of the fixing band in a sealing manner and mounted on a medial malleolus side, is L-shaped, and starts from and covers a medial malleolus, and the bent part corresponds to the position of a tendo calcaneus; the fixing band sequentially comprises a head end part covering an instep and a lateral malleolus, a limiting part wrapping the fixing rack and used for defining a wearing position, and a fixing part for integral fixing; a magic tape hair side is arranged on the outer surface of the head end part; a magic tape draw side A and a magic tape draw side B are respectively arranged on the inner surfaces of the front end and the tail end of the fixing part; and after the magic tape draw side A is bonded with the magic tape hair side on the head end part, the magic tape draw side B bypasses the medial malleolus, the tendo calcaneus and the lateral malleolus to form a semi-ring body and is bonded with the magic tape hair side. The ankle rehabilitation protector is simple in structure, convenient to use, high in fitting degree and strong in stability and is very practical.

The invention discloses a 3D printing customized half-ankle joint prosthesis. The 3D printing customized half-ankle joint prosthesis comprises a tibia far-end prosthesis and a liner; the middle of the tibia far-end prosthesis is a circular truncated cone; the lower portion of the circular truncated cone is a supporting section; a bone trabecula structure is arranged on the peripheral surface of the supporting section; a concave opening is formed in the bottom of the supporting section; a lateral ankle part and a medial ankle part are arranged on the two sides of the concave opening respectively; and the liner is connected into the concave opening in the bottom of the supporting section. According to the 3D printing customized half-ankle joint prosthesis in the invention, a monopole mode is adopted; the sclerotin of a patient can be reserved to the maximum degree; the risks of prosthesis loosening and infection are small; according to the invention, the tibia far-end prosthesis of a solid structure is adopted; the overall mechanical strength is guaranteed; the bone trabecula structure has the good bone ingrowth and thigh crawling capacity; the stability of the prosthesis is improved; the liner can buffer the impact between the prosthesis and the talus of a human body in the movement process; and the biomechanical requirement is met.

The invention provides professional-level basketball shoes. Each shoe comprises an outer shoe and an inner sleeve arranged inside the inner cavity of the outer shoe, wherein the outer shoe comprises an outer upper part of the shoe and a shoe sole; the inner sleeve comprises elastic inner upper part of the shoe and an insole; the insole and the shoe sole are divided into a medial malleolus area and a lateral malleolus area in a left right direction respectively, and divided into a half sole part, a foot arch part and a heel part in an anterior posterior direction respectively; the shoe sole comprises a top layer and a bottom layer, and the top layer is composed of a first area and a second area. The first area refers to the half sole part of the medial malleolus area and the bottom layer of the shoe sole comprises a third area and a fourth area, wherein the third area refers to the medial malleolus area, the fourth area refers to the lateral malleolus area, and the hardness comparison result of the four areas is as follows: the hardness of the first area is equal to the hardness of the fourth area; the hardness of the fourth area is bigger than the hardness of the third area; the hardness of the third area is bigger than the hardness of the second area. The insole and shoe sole have the advantages of providing the medial malleolus areas and lateral malleolus areas with different hardness to meet different force-bearing requirements of basketball players' medial malleoli and lateral malleoli, and providing high elasticity, stability and an all-around protection to feet, thereby saving more labour and protecting safety in the process of playing basketballs.