ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,558,244, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Cleveland State University (Cleveland).

"Adjustability mechanism for lower limb orthosis" was invented by Jerzy T. Sawicki (Westlake, Ohio), Jason J. Wiebrecht (Tallmadge, Ohio), Curt A. Laubscher (Olmsted Township, Ohio), Anthony Goo (Cleveland), Ryan J. Farris (Dillsburg, Pa.) and Steven J-S Etheridge (Aurora, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An actuating assembly including a first actuating device, a second actuating device, and an adjustment mechanism. The first actuating device is configured to provide an output torque to a first portion of a user, and the second actuating device is con...