US Patent Issued on May 19 for "Hip orthotic with a removable rigid brace assembly" (Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,632,260, issued on May 19.

"Hip orthotic with a removable rigid brace assembly" was invented by Bryan E Kilbey (DeFuniak Springs, Fla.), Geoffrey Van Thiel (DeFuniak Springs, Fla.) and Ajay Lall (DeFuniak Springs, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hip joint orthotic that can be used in stages. In the first stage the orthotic includes a stiff relatively brace assembly that can limit the amount of allowed flexion, extension, abduction, and adduction. In the second stage the relatively stiff brace can be removed and the orthotic can be used as a soft wrap. In both stages the orthotic is configured to easily mount and retain a thermal pac...