US Patent Issued to University of Delaware on July 21 for "Ankle foot orthosis" (Pennsylvania, Delaware Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,685,657, issued on July 21, was assigned to University of Delaware (Newark, Del.).

"Ankle foot orthosis" was invented by Martha Hall (Landenberg, Pa.), Elisa Sarah Arch (Garnet Valley, Pa.), Ahlad Neti (Enola, Pa.) and Ashutosh D. Khandha (Wilmington, Del.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An ankle-foot orthosis having a foot plate defining a foot bed contoured to underlie the foot of the wearer, a flexible cuff configured to wrap around at least a portion of the shank of the wearer, and a strut assembly comprising a plurality of metal wires connecting the foot plate to the cuff. The plurality of metal wires may include piano wires. The foo...