US Patent Issued to OSSUR HF on July 29 for "Cervical collar having height and circumferential adjustment" (American, Icelander Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,370,072, issued on July 29, was assigned to OSSUR HF (Reykjavik, Iceland).

"Cervical collar having height and circumferential adjustment" was invented by Thora Thorgilsdottir (Reykjavik, Iceland) and Arni Thor Ingimundarson (Foothill Ranch, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cervical collar has a front component formed from a compressible foam material and defines a recess constituting part of a tracheal opening. The collar also has a height adjustment mechanism secured to the front component which forms a substantially rigid border about the tracheal opening, and a sternum pad formed from a compressible foam material. The height ad...