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DonJoy sets new pace with Armor FourcePoint™

DonJoy’s R&D department has spent the winter months rigorously testing our very latest rigid knee brace, the Armor FourcePoint, which promises to give even more ACL protection. By combining two patented DonJoy technologies, the well established 4-Points-of-Leverage™ and the exclusive FourcePoint™ hinge technology, we are now able to offer one of the most powerful, clinically-proven123 solutions to protect the ACL. As well as our customary strong yet light aircraft quality aluminium frame, the new rigid brace features the first ever low profile FourcePointTM hinge - which is the thinnest yet toughest hinge available. FourcePoint™ Hinge Technology Knee flexion angles less than 60 degrees are considered “at risk” and contribute to ACL injuries. The FourcePoint™ hinge technology increases the knee flexion angles thereby reducing the time spent in the ACL “at risk” positions.

It enhances DonJoy’s 4-Points-of-Leverage System™ by dampening knee extension and reducing shear forces at the knee.

The FourcePoint™ hinge uses a spring mechanism which engages in the last 25 degrees of extension and provides resistance during knee extension.

Importantly, for all active sports participants, the low profile FourcePoint™ hinge features a new, sleek, protective steel outer plate, able to withstand the impacts of contact or extreme sports.

Please ask your local representative for further details or visit www.djoglobal.eu

¹ Fleming BC, Renstrom PA, Beynnon BD, Rengstrom PA, Peura GD: 2000 - The Influence of Functional KneeBracing on the Anterior Cruciate Ligament Strain Biomechanics in Weightbearing and Non weightbearing Knees, The American Journal of Sports Medicine: Vol.28 (6) : 815-82

² Beynnon BD, Fleming BC, Peura GD , Johnson RJ, Rengstrom PA, Nichols CE, Pope MH: 1995 - An In-Vivo Investigation of Anterior Cruciate Ligament Strain: The Effect of Functional Knee Bracing and Attachment Strap Tension, 41st Annual Meeting, Orthopaedic Research Society

³ Beynnon BD, Pope MH, Wertheimer CM, Johnson RJ, Fleming BC, Nichols CE, Howe JC: 1992 - The Effect of Functional Knee Braces on train on the Anterior Cruciate Ligament in Vivo, The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery (Am.), Vol.74-A (9) : 1298-131
 

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