US Patent Issued to University of Central Florida Research Foundation on Feb. 4 for "Method and apparatus for enhancing operation of leg prothesis" (Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,213,896, issued on Feb. 4, was assigned to University of Central Florida Research Foundation Inc. (Orlando, Fla.).

"Method and apparatus for enhancing operation of leg prothesis" was invented by Hwan Choi (Orlando, Fla.) and Gabriel Rios Carbonell (Orlando, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and apparatus for enhancing the operation of leg prothesis is provided. The apparatus includes a cable configured to be attached to the leg prosthesis worn by a subject to move through a plurality of gait phases. The apparatus also includes a module configured to be mounted to the leg prosthesis. The module includes a tension spring configur...