US Patent Issued to OTTO BOCK HEALTHCARE on Sept. 15 for "Height adjustable prosthesis pyramid connector" (Utah Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,734,050, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to OTTO BOCK HEALTHCARE LP (Austin, Texas).

"Height adjustable prosthesis pyramid connector" was invented by Florian Wilhelm Sebastian Poser (Salt Lake City), Vaughn Roy Anderson (Highland, Utah), Jeff Waldmuller (Salt Lake City), Douglas Rush (Salt Lake City) and Clifton Christensen (Salt Lake City).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A prosthetic device and related methods having height adjustment features. A prosthetic foot includes an elongate support member comprising fiber reinforced material and having a support surface configured to rest upon a ground surface prior to use, an adapter mounted t...