US Patent Issued to ROSALIND FRANKLIN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE on April 22 for "Durability test system for repetitive loading of a prosthetic socket" (Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,279,979, issued on April 22, was assigned to ROSALIND FRANKLIN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE (North Chicago, Ill.).

"Durability test system for repetitive loading of a prosthetic socket" was invented by Sai V. Yalla (North Chicago, Ill.), Sunjung Kim (North Chicago, Ill.) and Noah J. Rosenblatt (North Chicago, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a system for repetitive loading of a prosthetic socket to test the durability of the prosthetic socket. The system includes a base and a load cell coupled to the base. The system further includes a first coupling mechanism positioned vertically above the load...