ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,343,277, issued on July 1, was assigned to DeRoyal Industries Inc. (Powell, Tenn.).
"TLSO/LSO spine brace" was invented by Nicholas John Poker (Knoxville, Tenn.), Lily Dawn Goins (Speedwell, Tenn.), Dhanvin Sunil Desai (Knoxville, Tenn.), John Connor Brown (Knoxville, Tenn.), Charles Joseph French III (Knoxville, Tenn.), Karen M. Clements (Knoxville, Tenn.), Nicholas Joseph Marquette (Knoxville, Tenn.) and Olufunke Tina Anjonrin-Ohu (Knoxville, Tenn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure provides a brace for supporting a spine of a patient. The brace includes an anterior panel, a posterior panel, lateral panels bridging between th...