Patent ID: 8147439

Claim:
An ankle-foot orthosis comprising: a tubular calf brace substantially enclosing and compressing a calf of a patient and extending from a patient's ankle area to at least a middle portion of the calf when worn by the patient, the tubular calf brace including a rear wall and a chute formed at the rear wall, the chute extending within the tubular calf brace from the patient's ankle area to at least the middle portion of the patient's calf when the tubular calf brace is worn by the patient, the tubular calf brace further including a front wall; and a splint including a footplate and a stalk extending from the footplate, the stalk being insertable into the chute of the tubular calf brace to removably secure the splint to the tubular calf brace, wherein the stalk is freely movable within the chute of the tubular calf brace when the splint is removably secured to the tubular calf brace.