US Patent Issued to T.J.Smith and Nephew on July 15 for "Dressing system with foot load monitoring" (British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,357,230, issued on July 15, was assigned to T.J.Smith and Nephew Ltd. (Hull, Great Britain).

"Dressing system with foot load monitoring" 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 m...