ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,310,873, issued on May 27, was assigned to BAUERFEIND AG (Zeulenroda-Triebes, Germany).
"Flexible support element for an orthosis" was invented by Frank Schutze (Langenwolschendorf, Germany) and Hans B. Bauerfeind (Zeulenroda-Triebes, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a flexible support element for an orthosis, made of a link chain with several identical chain links, overlapping each other, firmly coupled in each case by a common bearing pin while limited by each other, which are pivotable to achieve a flexibility of the support element."
The patent was filed on March 7, 2017, under Application No. 16/083,2...