US Patent Issued to Hanger on Oct. 27 for "Additive manufacturing techniques for a socket and liner combination device" (Texas, Arizona Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,773,327, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to Hanger Inc. (Austin, Texas).

"Additive manufacturing techniques for a socket and liner combination device" was invented by Aaron Flores (Austin, Texas), Justin Mieth (Austin, Texas), Antonio Dias (Scottsdale, Ariz.) and Ryan Kleppe (Austin, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A prosthetic assembly includes a socket and a liner. The socket includes a first interlocking feature and defines an inner volume. The liner includes a second interlocking feature. The first interlocking feature and the second interlocking feature are configured to engage each other when the liner is inserted into the inn...