Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Ankle stabilizing apparatus having a pivotable stiffening unit
- Patent Title (中): 踝稳定装置具有可枢转的加强单元
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Application No.: US11370577Application Date: 2006-03-08
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Publication No.: US07651472B2Publication Date: 2010-01-26
- Inventor: Robert Scott Gaylord , Eric Lee Gaylord
- Applicant: Robert Scott Gaylord , Eric Lee Gaylord
- Applicant Address: US NC Charlotte
- Assignee: Medical Specialties, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Medical Specialties, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US NC Charlotte
- Agency: Summa, Additon & Ashe, P.A.
- Main IPC: A61F5/00
- IPC: A61F5/00 ; A61F13/00

Abstract:
An apparatus for stabilizing movement of an ankle comprises in one embodiment a flexible body member for receiving a foot and a stiffening unit secured to selected portions of the body member such that the stiffening unit minimizes movement of upper portions of the body member with respect to lower portions of the body member, without obstructing forward and rearward movement of the upper portions of the body member with respect to the lower portions of the body member.
Public/Granted literature
- US20070213649A1 Ankle stabilizing apparatus having a pivotable stiffening unit Public/Granted day:2007-09-13
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