ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,496,205, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to ORTHOSERVICE AG (Chiasso, Switzerland).
"Knee brace for the treatment of gonarthrosis" was invented by Francesco Turconi (Monza, Italy) and Mauro Ravese (Villasanta, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A knee brace for the treatment of gonarthrosis comprises a fabric base (11), an upper half-shell (12) and a lower half-shell (13), constrained to the fabric base (11), a rod (14), constrained to the two half-shells (12, 13), as well as a pressure element (17, 17') for laterally supporting the knee against the side opposite to the rod (14), at least one front belt (18', 18") and at least one rear...