ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,478,494, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Icarus Medical LLC (Charlottesville, Va.).
"Shoulder brace" was invented by David T. Johnson (Charlottesville, Va.), Evan Eckersley (Charlottesville, Va.), Philip Miller (Charlottesville, Va.), Mason Moore (Crozet, Va.) and Arron Danehy (Charlottesville, Va.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus and methods for making for shoulder orthoses, which can control the position of the humeral head/arm relative to the shoulder joint by adjusting tension across the joint. The orthoses allows the user to modify the direction and magnitude of force applied while wearing the orthosis. The orthosis ma...