ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,440,363, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to LUDWIG BERTRAM GMBH (Isernhagen, Germany).
"Foot orthosis with swivel joint for correcting foot malpositions" was invented by Manfred Brass (Grunwald, Germany) and Joerg Ostenrieder (Ebenhausen, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A foot orthosis for correcting foot malpositions, in particular for treating hallux valgus, comprising a toe splint configured to be fastened to a toe and a metatarsal splint configured to be fastened to a metatarsal region of the foot, each of which are pivotably connected relative to one another by means of a swivel joint When the foot orthosis is fastened to the...