ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,303,418, issued on May 20, was assigned to OTTOBOCK SE & Co. KGAA (Duderstadt, Germany).
"Joint for an orthopedic device" was invented by Marcus Lurssen (Gottingen, Germany), Andre Muller (Duderstadt, Germany) and Matthias Schilling (Weissenborn-Luederode, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A joint for an orthopedic device, wherein the joint comprises a first element, at least one elastic element on a support, which is assembled on the first element, and a second element, which is pivotally assembled on the first element and can be swivelled in a direction between the first element and the second element, starting from a first angle ...