ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,605,262, issued on April 21.
"Inflatable limb prosthesis" was invented by Israel Pilosof (Beer Yaakov, Israel) and Yehuda Pilosof (Rishon Lezion, Israel).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A limb prosthesis including a socket having an inner cavity configured for disposal therein of a limb stump of a user, and a mechanism for changing an inner diameter of the inner cavity by a remote control, where the inner diameter includes a lining disposed within the cavity, having between fifteen and sixty of only longitudinal inflatable cells where each of the cells is situated immediately adjacent to two other of the cells such that no intervening ele...