Abstract
The invention relates to a stabilizing rod (99, 101) for an orthopedic aid, the stabilizing rod (99, 101) having a bending section (130) in the longitudinal direction, the bending section (130) having at least one mesh belt structure (131).
Claims
1. A stabilizing rod (99, 101) for an orthopedic aid (200), wherein the stabilizing rod (99, 101) has a bending section (140), characterized in that the bending section (140) has a mesh belt structure (120).
2. The stabilizing rod (99, 101) according to claim 1, wherein the stabilizing rod (99, 101) is designed as one piece and consists of a material, particularly a plastic.
3. The stabilizing rod (99, 101) according to claim 1, wherein the mesh belt structure (120) extends over the length of the stabilizing rod (99, 101).
4. The stabilizing rod (99, 101) according to claim 1, wherein the stabilizing rod has a thin bending rod (150) and at least one mesh belt structure (120, 130) running on said thin bending rod.
5. The stabilizing rod (99, 101) according to claim 1, wherein the stabilizing rod is formed from a thin bending rod (150) and at least one mesh belt structure (120, 130) running on said thin bending rod.
6. The stabilizing rod (99, 101) according to claim 4, wherein the thin bending rod (150) has a guide channel.
7. The stabilizing rod (101) according to claim 1, wherein the stabilizing rod (101) is formed from two mesh belt structures (120, 130) and preferably one thin bending rod (150) running between them.
8. The stabilizing rod (99, 101) according to claim 1, wherein at least one end of the stabilizing rod (99, 101) has a gripping piece (111a, 111b).
9. The stabilizing rod (99, 101) according to claim 1, wherein the orthopedic aid is a bandage, particularly a knee joint bandage (200).
10. An orthopedic aid, comprising a stabilizing rod (99, 101) according to claim 1.
11. The orthopedic aid according to claim 10, wherein the orthopedic aid is a knee joint bandage (200).
12. A knee joint bandage (200) according to claim 11, wherein the knee joint bandage (200) has two stabilizing rods (99, 101, 102) extending over the length of the knee joint bandage (200).
13. The knee joint bandage (200) according to claim 12, wherein each of the bending sections (130) of the stabilizing rods (99, 101, 102) is located at least at the level of the knee (301) when the knee joint bandage (200) is in the applied state.
Description
[0057] Further preferred embodiments are disclosed in the dependent claims, the examples and the drawings.
[0058] FIG. 1 shows a stabilizing rod according to the invention;
[0059] FIG. 2 shows an alternative embodiment of the stabilizing rod according to the invention;
[0060] FIG. 3 shows a knee joint bandage according to the invention with two stabilizing rods from FIG. 2;
[0061] FIG. 4 shows an alternative embodiment of the stabilizing rod according to the invention;
[0062] FIG. 5 shows different embodiments of the mesh belt structure.
[0063] FIG. 1 shows a stabilizing rod 99 according to the invention. The stabilizing rod 99 is designed as one piece and molded from a plastic.
[0064] The bending section 140 of the stabilizing rod 99 is formed from a mesh belt structure 120 and a thin bending rod 150 lying on the mesh belt structure. The mesh belt structure 120 is formed from a mesh 121 which encloses rhombic gaps 122. Due to the mesh belt structure 120, the stabilizing rod 99 is bendable and light. The thin bending rod 150 restricts the stretchability or compressibility of the stabilizing rod 99 in the longitudinal direction, so that the stabilizing rod 99 can advantageously also be used as a slip-on and slip-off aid for an elastic bandage, for example, a knee bandage.
[0065] For this purpose, the stabilizing rod 99 has a gripping piece 111a/111b at each end, which form engagement holes 112a/112b. The gripping pieces 111a/111b are a component of the stabilizing rod 99 and are formed as one piece from the material of the stabilizing rod.
[0066] FIG. 2 shows a further embodiment of a stabilizing rod 101 according to the invention. The stabilizing rod 101 is designed as one piece and molded from a plastic.
[0067] As in FIG. 1, the stabilizing rod 101 comprises a mesh belt structure 120 and a thin bending rod 150. In addition to the first mesh belt structure 120 with the mesh elements 121 and the rhombic gaps 122, the stabilizing rod 101 also has a second mesh belt structure 130, which also has rhombic gaps 132 formed by the meshes 131. The thin bending rod 150 runs between the two mesh belt structures 120/130. The thin bending rod 150 can, for example, also be hollow or have a guide channel for guiding a cord or a metal core through it.
[0068] In this embodiment, the stabilizing rod is wider but nevertheless easily bendable. At each end, the stabilizing rod 101 again has one gripping piece 111a/111b, each forming engagement holes 112a/b. The gripping pieces 111a/111b are a component of the stabilizing rod 101 and are formed as one piece from the material of the stabilizing rod.
[0069] The knee joint bandage 200 shown in FIG. 3 consists of a stocking 202 made of elastic textile material, and it is provided with the two edges 203 and 204 at both ends, which help to prevent the bandage 200 from slipping. In addition, these edges 203 and 204 are made of a material that has a lower tension than the stocking 202 in order to only slightly constrict the leg of the wearer at the relevant points. On the front side of the knee joint, a profile insert is incorporated with the pad 205 into the stocking 202, which can consist, for example, of foam or silicone and which has considerable elasticity. The pad 205 is covered on the inside of the stocking 202 by a cover which is connected at its edges 206 to the stocking 202, for example, by gluing. In its central part, the pad 205 leaves a free region, into which the kneecap 301 fits. The kneecap 301 is thus encompassed by the pad 205. To this extent, it is a knee joint bandage designed in a known manner. In addition to the pad 205, the bandage 200 is provided with two stabilizing rods 101 and 102 according to the invention, which extend essentially over the entire length of the bandage 200 and which ensure that the bandage 200 applied to the leg cannot contract in terms of its longitudinal direction. These stabilizing rods 101 and 102 are stabilizing rods as shown in FIG. 2. Each of the two stabilizing rods 101 and 102 is received in a pocket glued to the bandage 200 by means of the edge zone 210 or 211 to the material of the bandage 200. Depending on the desired stabilization intensity, the bandage 200 can also be provided with only one stabilizing rod. Each of the two stabilizing rods 101 and 102 has at its ends a gripping piece 111a/111b containing an eyelet 112a/112b or 113, which allows for the bandage 200 to be gripped with the finger when it is put on and pulled up or taken off and pulled down along the leg, thus facilitating the putting on or taking off of the bandage 200 because, when the gripping pieces 111a/111b are pulled accordingly, the bandage 200 is carried along by said gripping pieces and the stabilizing rod 101, 102 as a whole, making is easily possible to pull the bandage 200 smoothly over the foot, the calf and the knee to its final position. The stabilizing rods 101 and 102 contained in the pockets are fully encompassed by the respective pockets, in that their edge zones 210 and 211 are each designed as a narrow continuous strip which is directly connected to the material of the bandage 200, for example, by welding or gluing.
[0070] The particular configuration of the stabilizing rods 101, 102 preferred according to the invention shall be described in greater detail in FIG. 2.
[0071] In this case, the bending section of the stabilizing rods 101, 102 is located at the level of the kneecap 301. Thus, when the knee is bent, precisely said bending section is also bent.
[0072] FIG. 4 shows a further embodiment of the stabilizing rod 103 according to the invention. The stabilizing rod 103 consists only of the bending section 140, which in this case is formed only from a mesh belt structure 120. The mesh belt structure 120 is again formed from a mesh 121 which encloses rhombic gaps 122. The stabilizing rod 103 is bendable and light due to the mesh belt structure 120.
[0073] FIG. 5 shows different embodiments of the mesh belt structure 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, which can be used as an alternative to the rhombus structure shown in FIGS. 1 to 4. In each case, a segment with four structural elements is shown. In FIGS. 5A, 5B, 5C, and 5D, the structural elements are designed as triangles 60. The mesh belt structure 52, 53, 54 of FIGS. 5B, 5C, and 5D also has a thin bending rod 61, which is positioned differently in the three embodiments. In FIG. 5E, the structural elements of the mesh belt structure 55 are designed as circles 70. In FIG. 5F, the structural elements of the mesh belt structure 56 are designed as ovals 80, to which a thin bending rod 81 is again assigned. In FIG. 5G, the structural elements of the mesh belt structure 57 are designed as elongated curved bodies 90, to which a thin bending rod 91 is also assigned. The outer ends of the curved bodies 90 can bear against one another when the rod is bent and thus function as a stop limit.
