US Patent Issued to Hanger on April 7 for "Orthotic and prosthetic device and manufacturing system and method" (Texas, Arizona Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,594,173, issued on April 7, was assigned to Hanger Inc. (Austin, Texas).

"Orthotic and prosthetic device and manufacturing system and method" was invented by Michael E. Tompkins (Austin, Texas) and Antonio Dias (Phoenix).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A prosthetic device includes a socket, fasteners, and a pylon. The socket defines a cavity configured to receive a residual limb of a user. The socket includes a base defining multiple blind-holes. Each of the fasteners are configured to be received within a corresponding one of the blind-holes. The fasteners each include internal threads. The pylon includes through-holes that are aligned wi...