US Patent Issued to OSSUR HF on Dec. 2 for "Prosthetic device, system and method for increasing vacuum attachment" (Icelander Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. RE50,679, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to OSSUR HF (Reykjavik, Iceland).

"Prosthetic device, system and method for increasing vacuum attachment" was invented by Olafur Freyr Halldorsson (Reykjavik, Iceland), David Sandahl (Reykjavik, Iceland), Bjarni Gunnarsson (Reykjavik, Iceland) and Egill Sveinbjorn Egilsson (Reykjavik, Iceland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A prosthetic system includes a prosthetic foot defining an upper surface and having a flexible configuration and including a movable member and a pump system attached to the prosthetic foot mechanism. The pump system includes a pump mechanism defining defines a fluid chamber having ...