ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,458,520, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to OSSUR ICELAND EHF (Reykjavik, Iceland).
"Hinge for orthopedic device" was invented by Larus Gunnsteinsson (Reykjavik, Iceland), Bjorn Omarsson (Reykjavik, Iceland), Sindri Pall Sigurdsson (Reykjavik, Iceland) and Henry Hsu (Foothill Ranch, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hinge has a hinge body forming an articulating section extending between a first end and a second end of the hinge. The articulating section is adapted to bend from a neutral axis when the first and second ends are parallel to an angular range in which the first end is arranged among a plurality of angles within the angul...