US Patent Issued to OSSUR ICELAND EHF on July 14 for "Orthopedic device" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,678,316, issued on July 14, was assigned to OSSUR ICELAND EHF (Reykjavik, Iceland).

"Orthopedic device" was invented by Lindsay Frost (Foothill Ranch, Calif.), Jared Olivo (Foothill Ranch, Calif.) and Harry Duane Romo (Foothill Ranch, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An orthopedic device, first and second struts, and a range-of-motion limiting pivot assembly connecting to the first and second struts. The pivoting assembly having an engagement member linked to a tab disposed and arranged for pulling radially outward away from a central axis of the pivoting assembly for adjusting the range of motion of the pivoting assembly."

The pat...