US Patent Issued to OTTO BOCK HEALTHCARE PRODUCTS on Oct. 6 for "Prosthetic socket system, and prosthetic socket and liner" (Austrian, Liechtensteiner, German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,751,842, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to OTTO BOCK HEALTHCARE PRODUCTS GMBH (Vienna).

"Prosthetic socket system, and prosthetic socket and liner" was invented by Roland Pawlik (Vienna), Fabian Osswald (Pfaffstatten, Germany) and Alexander Naescher (Eschen, Liechtenstein).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a prosthetic socket system having: a dimensionally-stable outer socket (10) having a proximal insertion opening (11) and a distal end region (12), on which outer socket a fastening element (13) for a distal prosthetic component is arranged; and a prosthetic liner (20) that can be secured in the outer socket (10) and...