US Patent Issued to OTTOBOCK on June 23 for "Orthopedic joint device" (German Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,661,244, issued on June 23, was assigned to OTTOBOCK SE & CO KGAA (Duderstadt, Germany).

"Orthopedic joint device" was invented by Martin Pusch (Duderstadt, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to an orthopedic joint device having an upper part and a lower part which is hinged about a pivot axis to said upper part, having a flexion moment-controlled retainer device that is positioned between the upper part and the lower part, blocks a flexion and releases the flexion when a predefined flexion moment is exceeded, wherein a control element is associated with the retainer device and is coupled to a delaying element."...