Derotation brace for tibia deformities

Claim 1

A DEROTATION LEG BRACE FOR TREATMENT OF INTERNAL TORSION OR EXTERNAL TORSION OF THE TIBIA BONE COMPRISING A RIGID VERTICAL BRACE BAR MEANS ADAPTED TO BE POSITIONED VERTICALLY ALONGSIDE THE POSTERIOR OF THE CALF PORTION OF THE LEG OF A WEARER, MEANS CARRIED BY SAID VERTICAL BRACE BAR MEANS ADAPTED TO EMBRACE THE LEG OF A WEARER AT THE CALF PORTION AND DISPOSE THE VERTICAL BRACE BAR MEANS IN POSITIVE POSITION, SAID VERTICAL BRACE BAR MEANS HAVING A RIGID UPPER END PORTION DISPOSED AT A SUBSTANTIALLY 90 DEGREE ANGLE THERETO AND EXTENDING REARWARDLY THEREFROM AND ADAPTED TO UNDERLIE THE THIGH PORTION OF A WEARER''S LEG WITH THE LEG BEING BENT AT APPROXIMATELY A 90-DEGREE ANGLE AT THE KNEE, MEANS CARRIED BY THE UPPER END PORTION ADAPTED TO EMBRACE THE THIGH PORTION OF THE LEG OF A WEARER, SAID VERTICAL BRACE BAR MEANS HAVING A RIGID LOWER END PORTION DISPOSED AT A SUBSTANTIALLY 90-DEGREE ANGLE THERETO AND EXTENDING FORWARDLY THEREFROM IN AN OPPOSITE DIRECTION FROM THE UPPER END PORTION, SAID LOWER END PORTION BEING ADAPTED TO UNDERLIE THE HEEL OF THE FOOT OF A WEARER''S LEG, MEANS ADAPTED TO EMBRACE AND SUPPORT THE HINDFOOT PORTION OF A WEARER''S FOOT, MEANS MOUNTING THE HINDFOOT SUPPORT MEANS TO THE LOWER END PORTION OF THE VERTICAL BRACE BAR MEANS FOR ROTATION ABOUT A VERTICAL AXIS SPACED FROM THE VERTICAL BRACE BAR MEANS AND PARALLEL THERETO SO AS TO BE IN SUBSTANTIAL VERTICAL ALIGNMENT WITH THE TIBIA BONE OF A WEARER''S LEG AND DIRECTLY BENEATH THE SHAFT OF THE TIBIA BONE AND MEANS FOR LOCKING THE HINDFOOT SUPPORT MEANS IN SELECTED POSITIONS OF ROTATION RELATIVE TO THE SAID LOWER END PORTION.