MRpro Knee Brace

MRpro began for the need of a knee protection to off-road motorcycle competitions. In 1985, there was a Suzuki RM125 1979 by alcohol which demanded an aggressive piloting, and its rider had no experience with special motorcycles.

An American knee brace called Omni was bought, but it was heavy, very big and it could be improved. At the request of friends, some parts were made based on Omni knee brace, but the project was quit at the end of 1985.

The company began from the very first beginning, having several hints from Doctor Marco Martin Amatuzzi, orthopedics professor in Medicine School of São Paulo at São Paulo University (USP). He pointed out some points to concentrate and, from these points, MRpro developed a system with double articulation that allows the natural motion of the tibia over the femur and then, MRPro kept improving its product, always being supported by doctors and experienced riders.

In December, 1986, MRpro started producing the articulate knee braces commercially. Many riders contributed with suggestions based on their sensations and experiences and this helped us make the knee braces lighter, more effective, comfortable, compact and enduring. Among these riders are Milton “Chumbinho” Becker, Rogério Nogueira, Jorge Negretti, Eduardo Saçaki, Bê Magalhães, Filé Veredas, Guto Lima, Guilherme Boing and Osmar Ferreira.

Partnership

From 1998, MRPro associated with Circuit Sportive Equipments Ltd. and the company started producing knee braces under this trade mark. Circuit, besides helping with its international market experience to the knee braces subtle improving, it also began showing them in big international markets, such as Two wheels fair in São Paulo and Intermot in Munich and Milan.
The articulate knee braces Circuit produced by MRPro have already been selling in Portugal, Greece, Italy, Costa Rica and other countries.

In July, 2001, there was a change in the produced lines. The Circuit line went on being produced with the new model RC-7, with refined completion that conquered the European market and the MRpro line, with the models Enduro and Replica.
Replica was developed jointly with Doctor Luiz C.S. Mendonça, (CRM – Brazilian Medicine Register 4716) who works to Joinville Orthopedics and Traumathology Institute and with Miltom “Chumbinho” Becker, who is several times Brazilian motocross champion.

In 2002, the company ended its partnership with Circuit and from that year on started producing only the models Neoprene, Enduro, RC-7 and Replica under the MRpro knee brace trade mark.

Since 2003 is imported the MRpro Knieorthesen to Europe.

At the "two-wheeler fair" in Zurich, newest models "Enduro" could be presented in spring already 2003.

Owing to the tests of Brigitte Hediger, Swiss schweizer-Meisterin 2000 in the Supermotard, prominent Motocross female pilot (SM 2003) and Enduro Spezialistin, together with Swiss inter+ Enduro team, could flow some fine modifications into current production.

For this reason the large success of the knee supports was into Offroad training Kamps of the Dany Wirz no surprise, however a beautiful confirmation of the be worth-worth work, for an optimized knee protection with confort. Since that time many instructors protect there knees with our brace.

The model "Advantage" was 2004 the newest development of MRpro. This Model fits under most leather combinations and is therefore also with the Supermotard drivers much likes.

The advancement of the model differs not only in the lower range of the support, where the connection was optimized to the knee protection, but also in the general compactness. In co-operation with the university of Sao Paulo/Brasil and their engineers an astonishing strength check of the MRpro knee Orthesen was furnished.

The model ORTHOtech developed to a large extent in Switzerland was since summer 2004 in intensive tests . As every other renewal must also the new toothed quadrant joints for the high requirements of our quality control stood to hold.

MRpro the model "ORTHOtech " launches 2005 . The tests were successful. The still slimmer toothsegmentrails increases the protection of the cross volumes substantially.