US 12,138,189 B2
Multi-component hip orthosis
Shannon R Schwenn, New Smyrna Beach, FL (US); Jeremy T. Schulte, Mount Dora, FL (US); Benjamin G. Domb, Glencoe, IL (US); and Nicole F. Weill, Ocoee, FL (US)
Assigned to Orthomerica Products, Inc., Orlando, FL (US)
Filed by ORTHOMERICA PRODUCTS, INC., Orlando, FL (US)
Filed on Jun. 28, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/215,803.
Application 18/215,803 is a continuation of application No. 16/459,480, filed on Jul. 1, 2019, granted, now 11,723,787.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/692,308, filed on Jun. 29, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2023/0338177 A1, Oct. 26, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61F 5/01 (2006.01); A61F 7/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 5/0102 (2013.01) [A61F 5/0193 (2013.01); A61F 2007/004 (2013.01); A61H 2201/0192 (2013.01); A61H 2201/0214 (2013.01); A61H 2201/0242 (2013.01); A61H 2201/165 (2013.01); A61H 2205/088 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A hip orthosis for a leg of a user, comprising:
a flexible waistband configured to conform to a waist of a user including a cord for adjusting a displacement distance;
a first push button for hip adjustment of abduction and adduction between a hip shell and a hip hinge assembly having a push button release for setting flexion and extension movement of the leg; and
a second push button positioned below the hinge assembly for hip adjustment of abduction and adduction between the hip hinge assembly and a thigh support unit which is attached to a leg adjuster.