ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,453,646, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to OTTOBOCK SE & Co. KGAA (Duderstadt, Germany).
"Prosthesis liner" was invented by Bernard Garus (Einbeck, Germany), Lueder Mosler (Duderstadt, Germany), Christian Mueller (Kalefeld, Germany) and Lukas Bruenjes (Goettingen, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A prosthesis liner provided for fitting over a stump of a limb. The prosthesis liner includes a main body having an inner face directed towards the skin of the stump, and an outer face directed away from the stump. The prosthesis liner also includes a proximal access opening and a side wall, which extends from the access opening as far as...