US Patent Issued to Ossur Iceland ehf on March 17 for "Crutch with a contoured grip and a forearm support" (Icelander Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,575,998, issued on March 17, was assigned to Ossur Iceland ehf (Reykjavik, Iceland).

"Crutch with a contoured grip and a forearm support" was invented by Arinbjorn Viggo Clausen (Reykjavik, Iceland), Aron Kristbjorn Albertsson (Hafnarfjordur, Iceland) and Christophe Guy Lecomte (Reykjavik, Iceland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various features for improving the performance of crutches are provided. A handle can be contoured to match a shape of a hand. The handle can include a flexible portion to allow the handle to flex when gripped. In some aspects, the handle can include a shaft that receives a grip and locks the rotation of the grip...