US Patent Issued to Corewell Health Innovations on Dec. 30 for "Dynamic tensioning reversible orthosis, hammock strap, and related method of use" (Michigan, California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,508,142, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Corewell Health Innovations LLC (Grand Rapids, Mich.).

"Dynamic tensioning reversible orthosis, hammock strap, and related method of use" was invented by Jim Lebolt (Grand Rapids, Mich.), Eric VanMiddendorp (Rockford, Mich.), Ian Kovacevich (Carlsbad, Calif.), Nick Gomez (San Marcos, Calif.), Katya Jones (Carlsbad, Calif.) and Brian Hatzel (Grand Haven, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A reversible orthosis includes dynamic tensioning elements, recreating and/or improving on the load sharing typically provided by soft tissue, such as ligaments, tendons, muscle and a capsule at a joint of a ...