ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,370,070, issued on July 29, was assigned to Spentys nv (Vorst, Belgium).

"Orthosis fastening system" was invented by Louis-Philippe Broze (Vorst, Belgium) and Florian De Boeck (Vorst, Belgium).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to an orthosis (100) for bracing a body part. A first side (20) of the orthosis (100) comprises a connector element (1), and a second side (30) of the orthosis (100) comprising a receiving element (2). The connector and receiving elements (1, 2) together form a fastening system. The connector element (1) comprises a loop (3), wherein the receiving element (2) comprises a receiving componen...