US Patent Issued to OSSUR ICELAND EHF on April 1 for "Sleeve and method for use with orthopedic device" (Icelander Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,263,108, issued on April 1, was assigned to OSSUR ICELAND EHF (Reykjavik, Iceland).

"Sleeve and method for use with orthopedic device" was invented by Sindri Pall Sigurdsson (Reykjavik, Iceland), Hronn Kristinsdottir (Reykjavik, Iceland) and Christophe Valois (Reykjavik, Iceland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sleeve has a tubular body formed from an elasticized textile and has first and second ends. The first end defines a locking cuff having a tacky band extending about an exterior surface of the sleeve; a non-tacky band located adjacent to and extending distally from the tacky band; and a receiving band located adjacent to and extend...