US Patent Issued to OTTO BOCK HEALTHCARE PRODUCTS on June 16 for "Orthopedic joint and orthopedic device" (Austrian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,653,700, issued on June 16, was assigned to OTTO BOCK HEALTHCARE PRODUCTS GMBH (Vienna).

"Orthopedic joint and orthopedic device" was invented by Roland Auberger (Vienna), Janos Kalmar (Vienna), Juan Pablo Mejia Nino (Modling, Austria) and Dominik Reiter (Steyr, Austria).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to an orthopedic joint with a first component, a second component that is arranged on the first component such that it can be swiveled about a swivel axis, and at least one damper that is configured and arranged to damp a swiveling of the first component relative to the second component, and an actuator for swiveling th...