ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,533,251, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to OSSUR ICELAND EHF (Reykjavik, Iceland).
"Orthopedic walker" was invented by Larus Gunnsteinsson (Reykjavik, Iceland), Sindri Pall Sigurdsson (Reykjavik, Iceland), Jane Price (Foothill Ranch, Calif.), Asdis Bjornsson (Reykjavik, Iceland) and Matthew Barrientos (Foothill Ranch, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An orthopedic walker includes a body formed from at least one polymeric material and having a unitary construction. The body forms first and second portions divided by a median plane and connected to one another by a footbed. The first and second portions extend from the footbed and fo...