ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,622,799, issued on May 12, was assigned to FERD. HAUBER GMBH (Nurtingen, Germany).
"Orthosis" was invented by Lukas Laitzsch (Berlin), Christian Horst (Kirchheim u. Teck, Germany), Stephan Blanc (Winterthur, Switzerland) and Timo Schmeltzpfenning (Tubingen, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to an orthosis comprising at least one stability-providing structural component having an irregular lattice structure extending over its entire surface. The lattice structure includes webs of strengthening material that delimit irregularly shaped recesses free of structural material. Within the planar extension of the structu...