ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,708,542, issued on Aug. 18, was assigned to DJO LLC (Carlsbad, Calif.).
"Orthopedic walking brace having a curved sole" was invented by Benjamin Batterson (Encinitas, Calif.), Manikandan Sasidharan (South Portland, Maine), Christopher P Loughnane (Nashua, N.H.), Derek Hugger (Goffstown, N.H.), Lee Panecki (Somerville, Mass.) and Chris Aiston (Mont Vernon, N.H.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described herein are systems and devices for providing an orthopedic walking brace having a housing and a sole with a curved distal surface. The housing is configured to encompass and immobilize a patient's ankle against flexion. The distal surface of...