ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,629,275, issued on May 19, was assigned to OSSUR ICELAND EHF (Reykjavik, Iceland).

"Orthopedic device with a connector assembly" was invented by Valgeir Petursson (Reykjavik, Iceland) and Halldor Albertsson (Reykjavik, Iceland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A connector for a strap includes a buckle assembly having a base part, and a strap mount flexibly depending from the buckle assembly. The strap mount is integrally connected to the base part such that the base part is rigid when the strap mount bends relative thereto."

The patent was filed on Feb. 20, 2024, under Application No. 18/581,935.

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