US Patent Issued to DJO on April 7 for "Customizable knee brace intended for patients with osteoarthritis" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,594,180, issued on April 7, was assigned to DJO LLC (Carlsbad, Calif.).

"Customizable knee brace intended for patients with osteoarthritis" was invented by Richard E Gildersleeve (Carlsbad, Calif.), Ian Kovacevich (Vista, Calif.) and Nicholas Gomez (Vista, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A customizable knee brace for use in the treatment of osteoarthritis is provided. The customizable knee brace includes a lateral upright. The lateral upright includes at least a first semi-rigid support, a second semi-rigid support, and a hinge physically coupling the first semi-rigid support and the second semi-rigid support. The customizable knee...