US Patent Issued to University of Utah Research Foundation on Jan. 28 for "Prosthesis with powered ankle and toe joints" (Utah Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,208,026, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to University of Utah Research Foundation (Salt Lake City).

"Prosthesis with powered ankle and toe joints" was invented by Tommaso Lenzi (Salt Lake City), Lukas R. Gabert (Salt Lake City) and Minh Tran (Salt Lake City).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein is a robotic ankle foot prosthesis that replicates the key biomechanical functions of the biological ankle and toe joints while matching the weight, size, and battery life of passive microprocessor-controlled prostheses. A single actuator powers the ankle and toe joints. The mechanism maximizes the mechanical energy regeneration during ...