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US 12,589,016 B2Granted
Method for securing an orhopaedic device and orthopaedic
AssigneeOttobock SE & Co. Kgaa
InventorKathrin Pohl
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Abstract
A method for securing an orthopaedic device to a body part of a wearer, having a device that includes a base body, from which at least one deflection element with a contact surface protrudes at least one belt and at least one securing element, and included positioning the orthopaedic device on the body part, placing the belt onto the contact surface of the deflection element and fastening the belt on the securing element.
Claims14
A method for securing an orthopaedic device to a body part of a wearer, wherein the orthopaedic device comprises:
- a base body,
- at least one belt, extending from a fixed end to an opposite end, the fixed end that is secured to the base body or to another structure of the orthopaedic device,
- at least one deflection element, comprising a contact surface protruding from the base body away from the body part of the wearer when the body part is positioned in the orthopaedic device and extending in a longitudinal direction,
- at least one securing element, arranged on the at least one belt configured to releasably fasten the at least one belt on the at least one securing element,
- wherein the method for securing the orthopaedic device comprises:
- positioning the orthopaedic device on the body part of the wearer,
- placing the at least one belt onto the contact surface of the at least one deflection element, and
- fastening the at least one belt on the at least one securing element,
- wherein, when the method for securing the orthopaedic device is configured such that when completed, the at least one belt has a first section that extends from the fixed end of the at least one belt to the deflection element, and has a second section that extends from the deflection element to the at least one securing element on which the belt is fastened,
- wherein the contact surface comprises a groove or undercut in which the at least one belt is placed, and wherein the groove or undercut is transverse to the longitudinal direction of the at least one deflection element,
- wherein the at least one deflection element has a center portion between two spaced apart edges,
- wherein the at least one belt first extends in a same longitudinal direction as the longitudinal direction of the at least one deflection element, and is then wrapped under the center portion and around the two spaced apart edges and is secured to the at least one securing element on the at least one belt.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.