ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,440,361, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to OTTO BOCK HEALTH CARE PRODUCTS GMBH (Vienna).
"Orthopaedic joint and method for controlling same" was invented by Dirk Seifert (Vienna) and Florian Fuchs (Hollabrunn, Austria).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to an orthopaedic joint comprising an upper part and a lower part pivotably mounted thereon and a resistance device which is located between the upper part and the lower part and provides resistance against a pivoting movement about a pivot axis, and has a resistance adjusting device coupled to a control device which is coupled to at least one sensor such that the resist...