ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,544,247, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to OTTOBOCK SE & Co. KGAA (Duderstadt, Germany).
"Method for producing a connecting element" was invented by Andreas Leiniger (Birkungen, Germany), Julia Volkmar (Duderstadt, Germany), Erik Pahl (Duderstadt, Germany) and Jens Volkmar (Duderstadt, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a method for producing a connecting element for connecting two components of an orthopedic device for a body part, wherein the method includes capturing three-dimensional scan data of at least one part of the body part by means of a scanner, determining a target position and/or target orienta...