Matthew V Waidelich

US Patent:

20130345612, Dec 26, 2013

Filed:

Mar 14, 2013

Appl. No.:

13/829991

Inventors:

Michael L. Martin - Bainbridge Island WA, US
Sai Chung Chan - Irvine CA, US
Matthew V. Waidelich - La Verne CA, US
Dipankar Ghosh - Irvine CA, US
Roberto A. Lucero - Anaheim CA, US
Oscar A. Villa - Newport Beach CA, US
John W. Berger - Laguna Niguel CA, US
Jeffery W. Barnhouse - San Dimas CA, US

Assignee:

Bio Cybernetics International, Inc. - La Verne CA

International Classification:

A61F 5/02

US Classification:

602 19

Abstract:

An automated orthotic device with a treatment regimen and a method for using an automated orthotic device with a treatment regimen to provide a plurality of prescribed tension settings. The orthotic device may comprise a body brace, a controller, a data storage means, and a communication means to address the problem of patients being required to visit the physician's office every time an adjustment must be made in the prescribed tension setting in their automated orthotic device. In one embodiment, a plurality of prescribed tension settings in the automated orthotic device are sorted so that as the patient's condition improves, the next prescribed tension setting in the treatment regimen may be applied. In another embodiment, the physician is allowed to edit or supplement a patient's treatment regimen remotely by connecting to the automated orthotic device over a network.

US Patent:

45879621, May 13, 1986

Filed:

Feb 8, 1984

Appl. No.:

6/578230

Inventors:

Ted J. Greene - La Canada CA
Matthew V. Waidelich - Monrovia CA

Assignee:

United States Manufacturing Company - Pasadena CA

International Classification:

A61F 500

US Classification:

128 80H

Abstract:

A tibia/ankle orthosis includes a flexible jacket shaped to fit around the lower leg of a patient. The jacket has a continuous resilient front section for extending along the front of the tibia and across the width of the tibia. A pair of semi-rigid uprights extend along lateral and medial sides of the jacket. The jacket terminates in lateral and medial flaps that overlap one another at the rear of the patient's lower leg. A footplate is rotatably secured adjacent the lower portion of the jacket for supporting the foot while the jacket is wrapped around the tibia. A narrow slotted opening at the lower front portion of the jacket permits the jacket to be applied from front to rear when wrapping the jacket around the lower leg while the patient's foot is held against rotation when placing the patient's foot on the footplate. The lateral and medial end portions of the jacket overlap uniformly around the patient's calf. A first set of straps on one flap extend through the opposite side of the jacket, and are wrapped in a first direction around the jacket and tightened to apply torque in a first direction of rotation.