US Patent Issued to University of Washington on Aug. 4 for "Prosthetic socket release/relock system" (Washington Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,697,234, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to University of Washington (Seattle).

"Prosthetic socket release/relock system" was invented by Joan E. Sanders (Seatlle, Wash.), Joseph L. Garbini (Seattle), Clement Gurrey (Seattle), Katheryn J. Allyn (Seattle), Jake McLean (Seattle) and Brian Larsen (Seattle).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device configured to be positioned within a prosthetic socket includes a tether, a spool, a motor, a coupling mechanism, a release actuator, and a tightening actuator. A first end of the tether is configured to be coupled to a prosthetic liner, and a second end of the tether is coupled to the spool. The spool...