ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,478,493, issued on Nov. 25.
"Patella brace having chip" was invented by Li-Chi Lin (Changhua County, Taiwan) and Yi-Ying Lin (Changhua County, Taiwan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A patella brace having a chip is disclosed. The patella brace includes a strap, a pad and a chip. The strap has two ends each provided with a buckle. A hook-and-loop strap is insertedly connected to the buckles at the two ends of the strap. The pad is disposed in the strap. The pad has an upper surface, a lower surface, and at least one side surface. A support part is integrally formed with a middle portion of the upper surface. The side surface of the pad and...