Patent ID: 11865024
Assignee: DJO, LLC
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. A knee brace comprising:
a flexible fabric substrate configured to encircle the knee of a wearer and to extend above and below the wearer's knee;
a first elastomeric member disposed on a first surface of the flexible fabric substrate, the elastomeric member being configured to reduce loads on the knee joint; and
a second elastomeric member disposed entirely to one of a lateral or medial side of a patella of the wearer's knee and secured to a second surface of the flexible fabric substrate that is configured to face the wearer's knee in an opposite direction from the first surface, the second elastomeric member comprising:
a first portion configured to extend substantially longitudinally along the lateral or medial side of the patella;
a plurality of bars, each extending from a different respective position on the first portion that is proximal of the patella and each configured to extend laterally away from the patella, and
an additional bar extending substantially diagonally and laterally away from the patella from a position on the first portion that is distal of the plurality of bars.