US Patent Issued to Medline Industries on Sept. 9 for "Heel protector and corresponding rehabilitation systems and methods for using the same" (Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,409,094, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to Medline Industries LP (Northfield, Ill.).

"Heel protector and corresponding rehabilitation systems and methods for using the same" was invented by David S. Noskowicz (Spring Grove, Ill.) and Margaret Falconio-West (Round Lake, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device (900) includes a leg engaging section (101) and a foot engaging section (102 intersecting at a heel receiver (103). The leg engaging section and the foot engaging section defining a leg insertion aperture (104). A first compression wrap member (301) and a second compression wrap member (302) extend from the leg engaging sectio...