ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,605,260, issued on April 21, was assigned to OTTO BOCK HEALTHCARE LP (Austin, Texas).
"Prosthetic foot with reinforced spring connection" was invented by Vaughn Roy Anderson (Highland, Utah) and Brandon Anderson (West Jordan, Utah).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A prosthetic foot having a base spring having a toe end portion and a heel end portion, and a top spring assembly. The top spring assembly includes a first spring member having a distal end and a proximal end, a second spring member spaced apart from the first spring member along substantially an entire length of the first spring member, the second spring member having a distal e...