ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,766,021, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to DJO LLC (Carlsbad, Calif.).

"Rotating platform rigid shoulder orthosis and related methods" was invented by Robert Bejarano (Carlsbad, Calif.), Eileen Zirpolo-Kisco (Carlsbad, Calif.), Kyle Frank (Carlsbad, Calif.) and Trevor Martin (Carlsbad, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An orthosis is provided, including a torso belt configured to be secured around a torso of a patient, a forearm sling configured to support a forearm of the patient, and a lockable rotating platform. The lockable rotating platform includes a torso conforming element configured to be held against the torso of the patie...