# US 12,594,176 B2 · Orthopedic device and method for production > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,594,176 B2 - Document ID: US12594176B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 18/063,334 - Filed: 2022-12-08 - Published: 2023-10-12 - Granted: 2026-04-07 - Earliest claimed: 2021-12-13 - Assignees: Plus Medica Ot GmbH - Applicants: Plus Medica Ot GmbH - Inventors: Tobias Pieper; Alexander Hülk - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12594176B2 ## CPC - A61F 5/0111: {for the feet or ankles} - A61F 5/01: Orthopaedic devices, e.g. long-term immobilising or pressure directing devices for treating broken or deformed bones such as splints, casts or braces - A61F 5/0102: {specially adapted for correcting deformities of the limbs or for supporting them; Ortheses, e.g. with articulations} - A61F 5/0104: {without articulation} - A61F: FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS (dental prosthetics A61C) ## Abstract The invention relates to an orthopedic device with a dimensionally stable element (2) for positioning on a body part and a strap (30) for fastening the dimensionally stable element (2) to the body part, the strap (30) being guided through a deflection eyelet (8), wherein the dimensionally stable element (2) comprises at least one fastening device (4) with a feed-through (10) with a longitudinal direction, along which a connection element (6) extends through the feed-through (10) to which the deflection eyelet (8) is attached, the connection element (6) comprising a first end (20) on which a first anchor (22) is formed in such a way that the first end (20) with the first anchor (22) cannot be pulled through the feed-through (10) along the longitudinal direction. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An orthopedic device, comprising: a dimensionally stable element for positioning on a body part; wherein the dimensionally stable element comprises at least one fastening device with a feed-through with a longitudinal direction, a flexible connection element which extends through the feed-through, wherein the connection element comprises a first end on which a first anchor is arranged such that the first end with the first anchor cannot be pulled through the feed-through along the longitudinal direction, wherein the connection element comprises a second end on which a second anchor is arranged, wherein the connection element is a wire or cable, and a deflection eyelet connected or connectable to the connection element; and a strap for fastening the dimensionally stable element to the body part, wherein the strap is guidable through the deflection eyelet. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The orthopedic device according to claim 1, wherein the first anchor is detachably arranged on the first end of the connection element. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The orthopedic device according to claim 1, wherein the feed-through comprises a section in which the first anchor is partially or completely accommodatable. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The orthopedic device according to claim 3, wherein the feed-through comprises a slit which has a width which is greater than a diameter of the connection element, but where the width is smaller than a diameter of the first anchor. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The orthopedic device according to claim 1, wherein the at least one fastening device comprises a second feed-through with a longitudinal direction along which the connection element extends, and wherein the second anchor is designed such that the second end with the second anchor cannot be pulled through the feed-through along the longitudinal direction of the second feed-through. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The orthopedic device according to claim 5, wherein the second feed-through comprises a slit which has a width which is greater than a diameter of the connection element, but where the width is smaller than a diameter of the second anchor. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The orthopedic device according to claim 1 wherein the deflection eyelet is attached or attachable to the second anchor. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The orthopedic device according to claim 7, wherein the deflection eyelet comprises an eyelet feed-through through which the connection element is guidable. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The orthopedic device according to claim 8, wherein the eyelet feed-through comprises a slit which has a width which is greater than a diameter of the connection element, but where the width is smaller than a diameter of the second anchor. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The orthopedic device according to claim 1, wherein the dimensionally stable element comprises multiple fastening devices. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The orthopedic device according to claim 10, wherein the multiple fastening devices are arranged equidistantly to each other. ### Claim 12 (depends on 10) The orthopedic device according to claim 10, wherein the dimensionally stable element and at least one fastening device of the multiple fastening devices are produced in an additive manufacturing process. ### Claim 13 (depends on 10) The orthopedic device according to claim 10 wherein the orthopedic device is configured as an ankle orthosis with a lower leg section and a foot section. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) A method for producing the orthopedic device according to claim 1 wherein at least the dimensionally stable element with at least one fastening device is produced in an additive manufacturing process, wherein a number and/or a position and/or an orientation of the at least one fastening device is taken into account as input parameters. ### Claim 15 (depends on 1) The orthopedic device according to claim 1 wherein the first anchor and the second anchor are substantially identical. ### Claim 16 (depends on 8) The orthopedic device according to claim 8 wherein the eyelet feed through comprises a section in which the second anchor is partially or completely accommodatable. ### Claim 17 (depends on 13) The orthopedic device according to claim 13 wherein at least some of the multiple fastening devices are arranged along a longitudinal extension of the lower leg section. ### Claim 18 (depends on 14) The method of claim 14 wherein the at least one fastening device comprises multiple fastening devices and wherein a number of the multiple fastening devices is taken into account as an input parameter. ### Claim 19 (depends on 1) The orthopedic device of claim 1 wherein the deflection eyelet is detachably connected to the connection element. ### Claim 20 An orthopedic device, comprising: a dimensionally stable element for positioning on a body part; wherein the dimensionally stable element comprises at least one fastening device with a feed-through with a longitudinal direction, a flexible connection element which extends through the feed-through, wherein the connection element comprises a first end on which a first anchor is arranged such that the first end with the first anchor cannot be pulled through the feed-through along the longitudinal direction, wherein the connection element comprises a second end on which a second anchor is arranged, and a deflection eyelet connected or connectable to the connection element, wherein the deflection eyelet is attached or attachable to the second anchor, wherein the deflection eyelet comprises an eyelet feed-through through which the connection element is guidable; and a strap for fastening the dimensionally stable element to the body part, wherein the strap is guidable through the deflection eyelet.