ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,419,768, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to OTTOBOCK SE & Co. KGAA (Duderstadt, Germany).
"Joint for an ankle orthosis" was invented by Marcus Lurssen (Gottingen, Germany), Andre Muller (Duderstadt, Germany), Norbert Schimek (Kirchworbis, Germany), Marcel Jung (Duderstadt, Germany) and Olaf Kroll-Orywahl (Northeim, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a joint for an orthopedic device, wherein the joint includes a first element with at least one end stop element and a second element which is mounted on the first element such that it can be swivelled and has at least one contact surface that can be brought into...