Patent ID: 11857446
Assignee: OTTOBOCK SE & CO. KGAA
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. An orthopedic device which comprises
a joint with
a first joint element, comprising a first joint arm, configured to engage a first region of a wearer's body, and mechanically connected to a first positive-locking element, and
a second joint element, comprising a second joint arm, configured to engage a second region of the wearer's body, a force application lever with a second positive-locking element, and a mechanical energy store, which is arranged between the force application lever and the second joint arm,

wherein:
the first positive-locking element and the second positive locking element are aligned on a common axis, and are movable toward and away from one another, in an axial direction along the axis, for mutual engagement and disengagement, respectively,
the first joint element and the second joint element are mutually configured to transfer to a charging and a discharging of the mechanical energy store a swivelling of the first joint arm relative to the second joint arm when the first positive-locking element and the second positive-locking element are in the mutual engagement; and

a safety device for providing, in an engaging of the first positive-locking element to the second positive-locking element, a corrective rotating of the first positive-locking element or the second positive-locking element relative, or both, correcting initial misalignments respective to one another of the first positive-locking element and the second positive-locking element, for improving a security of a force exerted by the charged mechanical energy store being transmitted from the second positive-locking element to the first positive-locking element,
wherein the first positive-locking element and/or the second positive-locking element comprises at least two partial positive-locking elements which are configured as movable independently of each other in the axial direction.