ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,357,532, issued on July 15.
"Soothing vibrotactile cuddle device" was invented by Gregory Scott Bishop (Irvine, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vibrotactile plush device can include at least one transducer configured to generate a plurality of vibrations, at least one control unit configured to receive an input signal from a communication protocol and to transmit a first output signal to the at least one transducer, and a power source. The device can include a vibrotactile material configured to transmit the plurality of vibrations at one or more restorative or therapeutic frequencies to a body of a user. A padding material can b...