Patents Assigned to Ossur USA Inc.
  • Process and apparatus for making prosthesis socket and prosthesis socket made thereby
    Patent number: 5972036
    Abstract: A prosthesis socket material includes a pre-formed tubular sleeve-like reinforcement web of fibers pre-impregnated with an uncured, preferably water activatable, moldable, hardenable resin material, with an integrated prosthesis coupler at one end, the coupler provided with a central aperture. The material is moldable under compression using a one-step compressive molding system. The web of fibers preferably is constituted of a radially compliant tube made of bias braided carbon fibers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 26, 1999
    Assignee: Ossur USA Inc.
    Inventors: Ossur Kristinsson, Tryggvi Sveinbjornsson, Hilmar Br. Janusson, Gudni Ingimarsson