US 12,433,778 B2
Orthopedic device for treating complications of the hip
Arni Thor Ingimundarson, Reykjavik (IS); Thorvaldur Ingvarsson, Reykjavik (IS); Nina Bakken, Reykjavik (IS); Valgeir Petursson, Reykjavik (IS); Helga Run Palsdottir, Reykjavik (IS); Thorleifur Stefansson, Reykjavik (IS); Hronn Kristinsdottir, Reykjavik (IS); Stefan Orn Stefansson, Reykjavik (IS); and Henry Hsu, Foothill Ranch, CA (US)
Assigned to OSSUR HF, Reykjavik (IS)
Filed by OSSUR HF, Reykjavik (IS)
Filed on Jan. 19, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/578,944.
Application 17/578,944 is a continuation of application No. 15/784,759, filed on Oct. 16, 2017, granted, now 11,259,948.
Application 15/784,759 is a continuation of application No. 14/809,823, filed on Jul. 27, 2015, granted, now 9,795,500, issued on Oct. 24, 2017.
Application 14/809,823 is a continuation in part of application No. 14/162,958, filed on Jan. 24, 2014, granted, now 9,393,144, issued on Jul. 19, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/894,953, filed on Oct. 24, 2013.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/756,220, filed on Jan. 24, 2013.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/756,438, filed on Jan. 24, 2013.
Prior Publication US 2022/0133520 A1, May 5, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61F 5/01 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 5/0193 (2013.01) [A61F 5/0102 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An orthopedic device, comprising:
a garment having a hip region arranged to circumferentially extend over a hip of a user and further including a waist portion and a pelvis portion arranged to be worn about the user's waist and pelvis, the garment having a pair of leg regions arranged to be worn about the user's thighs and arranged to terminate adjacently above the user's knees;
first and second belt members secured to and extending from first and second sides of the garment and at an anterior side of the garment, the first and second belt members arranged to secure to one another and tension over the anterior side of the garment and over the hip region of the garment;
a closure at a central panel on the anterior side of the garment of the hip region for opening and closing the anterior side of the garment, at least one of the first and second belt members extending over the closure; wherein the garment includes sections having different stretchability, including lateral portions that are stiffer than portions outside the lateral portions;
wherein the first and second belt members and first and second tensioning sets of a posterior compression system are secured to a posterior side of the garment at first and second joints, respectively, the first and second joints coinciding with a respective edge of each stiffer lateral potion.