US Patent Issued to OSSUR ICELAND EHF on Sept. 30 for "Adjustable seal system, seal component and method for using the same" (Icelander Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,427,042, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to OSSUR ICELAND EHF (Reykjavik, Iceland).

"Adjustable seal system, seal component and method for using the same" was invented by Linda Ros Birgisdottir (Reykjavik, Iceland), Martin Lund Storup (Reykjavik, Iceland), Johan Olof Westlund (Reykjavik, Iceland) and Egill Sveinbjorn Egilsson (Reykjavik, Iceland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An adjustable seal system, seal component for use in the system, and method are provided for forming a sealing interface between a residual limb and a prosthetic socket. The seal component is selectively placed over the outer surface of a suspension liner includin...