US Patent Issued to Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska on Aug. 26 for "Smart corrective alignment foot brace" (Nebraska, Iowa Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,396,878, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska (Lincoln, Neb.).

"Smart corrective alignment foot brace" was invented by Hani Haider (Carter Lake, Iowa) and Matthew Halanski (Omaha, Neb.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A corrective alignment foot brace is disclosed with a sensor system that allows for objective assessment and dynamic adjustment of foot brace parameters. In preferred embodiments, the corrective alignment foot brace includes a first shoe and a second shoe connected by a bar or any rigid system between them. The first shoe is configured to be adjustably oriented relative to the seco...