Patent ID: 6464705
Filing Date: 2002-10-15
Classification: A61B,A61D

Abstract:
A joint support for attachment to a limb of an animal, the joint support limiting the movement of a joint in that limb to be substantially around a single axis, the joint support comprising:a hinge constructed for use on the limb of an animal, and having two connected hinge blocks that pivot around a predefined hinge axis; a radial element having a longitudinal axis, the radial element attached to one of the hinge blocks so that the longitudinal axis of the radial element is substantially perpendicular to the hinge axis, and so that the longitudinal axis of the radial element substantially intersects with the hinge axis, wherein the radial element is restricted to radial rotation around the hinge axis; and a transverse element having a longitudinal axis, the transverse element operatively connected to another of the hinge blocks so that the longitudinal axis of the transverse element is substantially offset from the hinge axis.