US Patent Issued to APOS MEDICAL ASSETS on Dec. 2 for "Footwear having an outsole for manipulating a gait parameter or ameliorate a lower limb pathology" (Israeli, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,484,655, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to APOS MEDICAL ASSETS LTD. (Tel Aviv, Israel).

"Footwear having an outsole for manipulating a gait parameter or ameliorate a lower limb pathology" was invented by Oren Livne (Tel Aviv, Israel), Clifford Bleustein (Purchase, N.Y.), Ganit Segal (Modiin-Macabim-Reut, Israel) and Shirley Shema (Pardes-Chana, Israel).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides an outsole, comprising, at least one recess located at a ground engaging or outer surface of the outsole and having: (a) a depth of between 10% to 95% of the maximum thickness of the outsole; and (b) an area that covers between 10...