ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,318,335, issued on June 3, was assigned to Condor Medtec GmbH (Salzkotten, Germany).
"Extension foot sleeve" was invented by Dominik Schulte (Salzkotten, Germany) and Ira Fecke-Schulte (Delbrueck, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An extension foot sleeve is formed with an L-shaped foot-receiving shell having an external adapter block for arranging on an operating table and having quick-release clasps and detent tabs for securing a patient's foot. The foot sleeve makes it possible to easily clamp a patient's foot without turning it in the L-shaped foot-receiving shell and without moving cushioning material laterally, and also reliabl...