US Patent Issued to Korea Institute of Machinery & Materials on July 8 for "Robotic prosthetic leg and method for driving robotic prosthetic leg" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,350,176, issued on July 8, was assigned to Korea Institute of Machinery & Materials (Daejeon, South Korea).

"Robotic prosthetic leg and method for driving robotic prosthetic leg" was invented by Hyunsoo Woo (Daegu, South Korea), Hyukjin Lee (Gyeongsan-si, South Korea), Jangho Cho (Daegu, South Korea) and Kiyoung Kim (Daegu, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In a robotic prosthetic leg and a method for driving the robotic prosthetic leg, the robotic prosthetic leg includes an ankle bracket, a driving part, a guide bracket, a wire, a pressing part and a first elastic member. The ankle bracket is disposed at a rear upper side of a t...