ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,589,016, issued on March 31, was assigned to Ottobock SE & Co. KGaA (Duderstadt, Germany).
"Method for securing an orhopaedic device and orthopaedic" was invented by Kathrin Pohl (Frankfurt am Main, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "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 th...