US Patent Issued to OSSUR ICELAND EHF on Nov. 11 for "Prosthetic attachment system and corresponding lock assembly" (Icelander Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,465,503, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to OSSUR ICELAND EHF (Reykjavik, Iceland).

"Prosthetic attachment system and corresponding lock assembly" was invented by Hafsteinn Jonasson (Reykjavik, Iceland), Sigurdur Hannesson (Reykjavik, Iceland), Oskar Thor Larusson (Reykjavik, Iceland), Margret Sol Ragnarsdottir (Reykjavik, Iceland) and Halldor Albertsson (Reykjavik, Iceland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A prosthetic attachment system and corresponding lock assembly are provided for connecting a distal end of a prosthetic liner to a distal end of a prosthetic socket, by combining vacuum suspension and mechanical suspension. An attachment...