ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,459,107, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to OTTOBOCK SE & Co. KGAA (Duderstadt, Germany).
"Device for supporting at least one arm" was invented by Benjamin Schirrmeister (Gottingen, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for supporting at least one arm of a user, wherein: the device has at least one arm-supporting element comprising an arm shell for placing on the arm, at least one passive actuator which is configured to apply a force to the at least one arm-supporting element, and at least one counter bearing for the force to be applied, with at least one force transmission element and a counter bearing element; the arm-supportin...