US Patent Issued to ALPINESTARS RESEARCH on Feb. 24 for "Polycentric hinge for a knee brace and knee brace comprising such a polycentric hinge" (Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,558,245, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to ALPINESTARS RESEARCH S.P.A. (Maser, Italy).

"Polycentric hinge for a knee brace and knee brace comprising such a polycentric hinge" was invented by Giovanni Mazzarolo (Coste di Maser, Italy), Stefano Borsato (Biadene di Montebelluna, Italy), Paolo Piovesan (Maser, Italy) and Roberto Gorza (Pedavena, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A polycentric hinge for a knee brace, and knee brace including such hinge. The hinge includes first couple of hinge arms, second couple of hinge arms, and hinge body for hinging together the first couple of hinge arms and second couple of hinge arms. Each hinge a...