Patent ID: 7762972
Filing Date: 2010-07-27
Classification: A61F,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An orthopedic knee joint brace having an upper cuff assembly having an anatomical shape of a thigh to support the thigh, and a lower cuff assembly provided under the upper cuff assembly to be spaced apart from the upper cuff assembly, the orthopedic knee joint brace comprising: a pair of damping pivot assemblies coupling facing ends of both sides of the upper and lower cuff assemblies to each other, each of the damping pivot assemblies having a multiple pivot link structure and a guide damping structure to correspond to joint movement of a knee, wherein each of the damping pivot assemblies comprises: a plate guide having in a first side thereof a height adjusting slot and a guide slot, and having on a second side thereof a pocket mounting part, the first and second sides being bent to be in close contact with the upper cuff; a pocket fitted into the pocket mounting part of the plate guide; a spring inserted into a cavity of the pocket; a movable part inserted into the cavity of the pocket to compress the spring; a movable frame coupled to a lower portion of the movable part, and guided by the guide slot of the plate guide; a pivot rotator shaped such that a back thereof is fitted over a rotating protrusion of the movable frame, and having a fan shape; a first pivot link hinged to a first pivot hole of the pivot rotator, and having an ‘L’-shaped stop end located on a guide arc surface between an upper step and a lower step of the pivot rotator; and a ‘V’-shaped second pivot link hinged to a second pivot hole of the pivot rotator.