US Patent Issued to Otto Bock Healthcare on March 3 for "Implementing a stand-up sequence using a lower-extremity prosthesis or orthosis" (Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,564,503, issued on March 3, was assigned to Otto Bock Healthcare LP (Austin, Texas).

"Implementing a stand-up sequence using a lower-extremity prosthesis or orthosis" was invented by Hugh M. Herr (Somerville, Mass.) and Richard J. Casler Jr. (Lowell, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Knee orthoses or prostheses can be used to automatically, when appropriate, initiate a stand-up sequence based on the position of a person's knee with respect to the person's ankle while the person is in a seated position. When the knee is moved to a position that is forward of the ankle, at least one actuator of the orthosis or prosthesis is actuated to ...