US Patent Issued to Ossur Iceland ehf on March 17 for "Methods and systems for controlling a prosthetic or orthotic device" (Canadian, Icelander Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,575,950, issued on March 17, was assigned to Ossur Iceland ehf (Reykjavik, Iceland).

"Methods and systems for controlling a prosthetic or orthotic device" was invented by Arni Einarsson (Reykjavik, Iceland) and David Langlois (Quebec, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A prosthetic or orthotic device (POD) can include first and second limb members coupled at a joint, an actuator, and a controller. The actuator can be configured to actuate the first limb member relative to the second limb member. The controller can cause the actuator to exhibit a force rejection behavior during a portion of stance phase and cause the actuator to exhib...