US Patent Issued to OSSUR ICELAND EHF on July 21 for "Orthopedic walker" (Icelander Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,685,660, issued on July 21, was assigned to OSSUR ICELAND EHF (Reykjavik, Iceland).

"Orthopedic walker" was invented by Larus Gunnsteinsson (Reykjavik, Iceland), Gudni Ingimarsson (Reykjavik, Iceland), Bjorn Omarsson (Reykjavik, Iceland) and Sindri Pall Sigurdsson (Reykjavik, Iceland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An orthopedic walker or walking boot has a body formed from at least one polymeric material. The body defines an upper receiving section, a lower receiving section, and a footbed. The upper receiving section includes first and second portions divided by a median plane of the orthopedic walker, and are arranged to individually a...