Patent ID: 11911307
Assignee: nan
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. A knee brace comprising:
a flexible sleeve that comprises a flexible fabric;
a memory device configured to store a reference configuration of the flexible sleeve, wherein the reference configuration represents a configuration of the flexible sleeve when a knee of a user is at full extension;
a first sensor configured to detect a configuration of the flexible sleeve;
a sleeve tightening mechanism comprising at least one motor and configured to adjust a tightness of the flexible sleeve; and
a controller configured to receive an output signal representing, or indicative of, the detected configuration from the first sensor, compare the detected configuration with the reference configuration, and control the sleeve tightening mechanism based on a result of a comparison of the detected configuration of the flexible sleeve and the reference configuration of the flexible sleeve;
wherein the controller is configured to control the sleeve tightening mechanism to tighten the flexible sleeve, as compared to a normal state of the flexible sleeve, upon determining that the flexible sleeve is bent past the reference configuration by a first threshold angle, which indicates that the knee is bent past full extension by the first threshold angle.