US Patent Issued to OSSUR ICELAND EHF on Dec. 16 for "Ventilated prosthetic liner" (Icelander, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,496,199, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to OSSUR ICELAND EHF (Reykjavik, Iceland).

"Ventilated prosthetic liner" was invented by Andri Orrason (Reykjavik, Iceland), Stefan Orn Stefansson (Reykjavik, Iceland), Rowan Cain (Reykjavik, Iceland), Sigurdur Asgeirsson (Foothill Ranch, Calif.) and Jiri Dlab (Foothill Ranch, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A prosthetic liner has a ventilated structure communicating with an interior volume to an exterior of the prosthetic liner, thereby permitting a transfer of air and moisture therebetween. The prosthetic liner includes a facing layer defining a periphery of at least part of the interior v...