Patents by Inventor Thorkild J. Engen

Thorkild J. Engen has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Lower extremity orthotic device
    Patent number: 5121742
    Abstract: Modular components of a lower extremity orthotic device are fitted to a patient and assembled at once. The components include thermoplastic inner and outer side members and a thermoplastic ankle foot orthotic member for a standing frame lower extremity orthotic device. To allow patient pivotal knee rotation, knee joints and means for operating knee joints are interspaced between thigh and calf side members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 1989
    Date of Patent: June 16, 1992
    Assignee: Baylor College of Medicine
    Inventor: Thorkild J. Engen