ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,734,048, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to OTTO BOCK HEALTHCARE PRODUCTS GMBH (Vienna).
"Method for controlling a damping modification" was invented by Dirk Seifert (Vienna), Roland Pawlik (Vienna) and Martin Seyr (Vienna).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for controlling a damping modification in an artificial knee joint of an orthosis, an exoskeleton, or a prosthesis. The artificial knee joint has an upper part pivotally connected to a lower part. A resistance unit is secured between the upper part and the lower part in order to provide a resistance against a flexion or extension. The resistance unit is paired with an adjustmen...