US Patent Issued to University of Central Florida Research Foundation on Oct. 20 for "Method and apparatus for enhancing operation of leg prosthesis" (Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,766,013, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to University of Central Florida Research Foundation Inc. (Orlando, Fla.).

"Method and apparatus for enhancing operation of leg prosthesis" was invented by Hwan Choi (Orlando, Fla.) and Sepehr Ramezani (Orlando, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and an apparatus for enhancing operation of a leg prothesis is provided. The apparatus includes a variable stiffness module configured to be attached between a first portion and a second portion of a leg prothesis. The first portion is configured to move relative to the second portion in a first plane. The variable stiffness module defines an in...