US Patent Issued to Ossur Iceland ehf on July 29 for "Device and method for resistive torque control in a magnetorheological actuator using a recovery pulse" (Icelander Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,370,066, issued on July 29, was assigned to Ossur Iceland ehf (Reykjavik, Iceland).

"Device and method for resistive torque control in a magnetorheological actuator using a recovery pulse" was invented by Anna Gudmundsdottir (Reykjavik, Iceland), Gunnar Omar Lillie Magnusson (Reykjavik, Iceland) and Maarten Ganseij (Reykjavik, Iceland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A prosthetic or orthotic device has an elongate frame that houses electronics and an actuator rotatably mounted to the frame. The actuator can rotate in an anterior-posterior direction about a medial-lateral axis and includes magnetorheological (MR) fluid and a coil operable t...