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

Claim 13:
14. A method of manufacturing a knee brace, the method comprising:
providing a flexible fabric substrate configured to encircle the knee of a wearer and to extend above and below the wearer's knee;
securing a first elastomeric member to a first surface of the flexible fabric substrate in a pattern selected to reduce loads on the knee joint; and
securing a second elastomeric member 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 entirely to one of a lateral or medial side of a patella of the wearer's knee, 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.