Patent ID: 11925572
Assignee: DOXA MEDICAL, LLC
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 10:
11. A brace for a person's lower leg and foot comprising:
a foot support having a thermoplastic outer shell with a foot support cable receiving channel and a foam liner within the thermoplastic outer shell;
a lower leg support hingedly connected to the foot support, the lower leg support having a thermoplastic outer shell with a lower leg cable receiving channel, a foam liner within the thermoplastic outer shell, and a strap engaged to the thermoplastic outer shell on a first end and a hook and loop fastening system on a second end such that the strap wraps around a wearer's lower leg and secured using the hook and loop fastening system of the strap;
a tongue having a lateral side edge and a medial side edge and wherein the tongue has a lateral side receiving channel extending from a lateral side proximate end to a lateral side distal end and proximate the lateral side edge of the tongue and a medial side receiving channel extending from a medial side proximate end to a medial side distal end and proximate the medial side edge of the tongue;
a rotatable tightening knob disposed on a top portion of the lower leg support; and
a cable coupled to the rotatable tightening knob, the cable routed within the foot support cable receiving channel the lower leg cable receiving channel, the lateral side receiving channel, and the medial side receiving channel, and operably attached to a second end of the tongue to tighten and loosen the tongue into engagement with a bridge of a wearer's foot without applying downward pressure over the bridge of the wearer's foot from directly over the bridge of the wearer's foot and wherein the cable is not configured to pass over a bridge of the wearer's foot.