US Patent Issued to ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS ON BEHALF OF NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY on Oct. 14 for "Differential and variable stiffness orthosis design with adjustment methods, monitoring and intelligence" (Arizona Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,440,362, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS ON BEHALF OF NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY (Flagstaff, Ariz.).

"Differential and variable stiffness orthosis design with adjustment methods, monitoring and intelligence" was invented by Zachary F Lerner (Flagstaff, Ariz.), Emmanuella Tagoe (Flagstaff, Ariz.) and Chancelor Cuddeback (Flagstaff, Ariz.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An assistive ankle foot orthosis is described. The AFO has a vertical shank member arranged laterally to a user's limb. The member carries a rotational bearing and a rotational element such as a pulley. The rotational bearing is lateral to a user...