US Patent Issued to T.J.Smith and Nephew on Dec. 2 for "System for offloading a limb" (British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,484,840, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to T.J.Smith and Nephew Ltd. (Hull, Great Britain).

"System for offloading a limb" was invented by Edward Yerbury Hartwell (Hull, Great Britain), Allan Kenneth Frazer Grugeon Hunt (Beverley, Great Britain) and Felix Clarence Quintanar (Hull, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments of systems and methods for monitoring use of an orthopedic device are at least disclosed. In some embodiments, the system can include an orthopedic device, a housing, and a controller. The orthopedic device can provide support to a limb of an individual. The orthopedic device can include a magnet configure...