US Patent Issued to Stoko Design on May 19 for "Apparatus and method for stabilizing a human anatomical joint" (Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,629,273, issued on May 19, was assigned to Stoko Design Inc. (Vancouver, Canada).

"Apparatus and method for stabilizing a human anatomical joint" was invented by Zachary Eberwein (North Vancouver, Canada), Scott Morgan (North Vancouver, Canada) and Cameron Massullo (North Vancouver, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A garment of the present invention comprises a closed tensionable loop for stabilizing a human knee. The loop is arranged to freely move along a conduit within the garment and is provided with a tensioner. The conduit crosses over itself between the lateral and a medial side on the anterior of the leg at least one of above...