ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,594,176, issued on April 7, was assigned to PLUS MEDICA OT GMBH (Dusseldorf, Germany).
"Orthopedic device and method for production" was invented by Tobias Pieper (Dortmund, Germany) and Alexander Hulk (Coesfeld, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "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 longitud...