ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,350,186, issued on July 8, was assigned to SEOUL NATIONAL UNIVERSITY R&DB FOUNDATION (Seoul, South Korea) and SEOUL NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL (Seoul, South Korea).

"Non-fixed shoulder brace" was invented by Nam-Jong Paik (Seoul, South Korea), Jihong Park (Seoul, South Korea), Jae-Young Lim (Seoul, South Korea), Won-Seok Kim (Seoul, South Korea), Yong-Lae Park (Seoul, South Korea) and Junghan Kwon (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A non-fixed shoulder brace is provided comprising: an affected shoulder support which is supported on an affected shoulder of a wearer; a waist support coupled to the wearer's waist; an affect...