Patent ID: 8708941

Claim:
A postoperative hip orthosis comprising: a hip engaging unit including a flexible waist band for adjustably conforming to a waist of a user about the user's pelvis, the flexible waist band includes first and second waist band segments and a force multiplying connector for varying a displacement distance between respective ends of the first and second waist band segments to provide a multiplication of the forces for tightening the first and second flexible waist band segments about the waist of the user for securing the hip engaging unit on the waist of the user to enable a lateral force to be applied to the user's pelvis opposite a surgical site; a thigh engaging unit including a malleable thigh member for conforming to a thigh of a user, to engage a femur of the user on the surgical site side and on a distal side of the femur; an adjustable extension unit connected to the hip engaging unit and the thigh engaging unit to enable adjustment to accommodate a size of the user's leg and waist; a thigh support unit connected to the adjustable extension unit at a position between the hip engaging unit and the thigh engaging unit to engage and laterally press the femur of the user, on the surgical side, whereby a force is translated through the femur and pelvis to push a head of the femur into the acetabulum of the user when the hip engaging unit and thigh engaging unit are fastened to the user; and a hip support unit removably connectable at a surface position on the flexible waist band for appropriately anchoring the adjustable extension unit to the hip engaging unit to accommodate a dimension of the user, wherein the hip support unit includes a semi-rigid concave paddle member configured to extend over a user's hip joint for exerting a force against the hip joint and a flexible strap, permanently connected to the semi-rigid concave paddle member, for an adjustable adhering to one of the first and second waist band segments at any position across the one of the first and second waist band segments in a vertical, circumferential and rotational position to provide freedom in alignment with the head of the user's femur in the acetabulum, the flexible strap extends across an upper surface of the semi-rigid concave paddle member and beyond adjacent sides of the semi-rigid concave paddle member, and wherein the flexible strap has one of a hook and nap material and the one of the first and second waist band segments has another of the hook and nap material to enable a removable fastening between the flexible strap and an exterior surface of one of the first and second waist band segments, while maintaining an operative fixation to the user during the postoperative recovery period.