ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,508,140, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to MD Orthopaedics Inc. (Wayland, Iowa).
"Orthotic brace and clip attachment mechanism and orthotic spring tensioner" was invented by Lucas J. Mitchell (Wayland, Iowa), Marcus William Powell (New London, Iowa) and Shawn Edward Twyman (Mt. Pleasant, Iowa).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A reversible tensioning device for an orthotic that includes: a cover; an insert rotatably disposed within the cover; a slot within the cover; a peg fixedly disposed on the insert and slidably located within the slot on the cover, the peg configured to slide between a first end portion and a second end portion of the ...