US Patent Issued to Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation on April 21 for "Calibration tool for tissue tension sensor" (Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,605,148, issued on April 21, was assigned to Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wis.).

"Calibration tool for tissue tension sensor" was invented by Darryl Thelen (Madison, Wis.), Alex Reiter (Madison, Wis.) and Peter Adamczyk (Madison, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A calibration system for a tensiometer provides a platform having a footplate with a fulcrum bar for providing a located force on an individual's leg to be used in conjunction with a tissue stress sensor attached near a tendon or ligament of the leg to establish a relationship between force on the tendon or ligament and the tissue stress sensor output for si...