ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,502,100, issued on Dec. 23.

"System and method for determining optimal angle for a foot" was invented by Eric Ward (Aspen, Colo.) and Keith Clark (Oklahoma City).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An assembly and a method is described. The assembly includes a platform, a motive source, a sensor, a controller and a computerized system. The computerized system has logic configured to cause a processor to send a signal to the controller to cause the motive source to move the platform through at least a portion of a range of inclination angles and to receive data indicating at least one of muscle activity, movement, and ground reaction force appl...