US Patent Issued on June 2 for "Orthosis" (Israeli Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,642,680, issued on June 2.

"Orthosis" was invented by Shai Greenberg (Herzliya, Israel).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A leg orthosis including a first brace attachable to a femoral portion of a leg and a second brace attachable to a tibial portion of said leg. The leg orthosis includes an articulation mechanism for enabling articulation of the leg orthosis and at least one force-applying mechanism for applying a pulling force to the second brace in a direction of the first brace, the force applied by the force-applying mechanism varies with an angle of articulation of the leg orthosis."

The patent was filed on Dec. 15, 2022, under Applic...