ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,374,199, issued on July 29.

"Haptic wearables for users having hearing loss" was invented by Keelin Grace Monk (Houston).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wearable haptic system is disclosed herein. The wearable haptic system includes two wearable wrist bands and two wearable anklets. Each of the wrist bands includes eight haptic motors, and each of the anklets includes eight haptic motors. The haptic motors are configured to receive Bluetooth signals and are to be actuated to move upon receipt of Bluetooth signals."

The patent was filed on Dec. 7, 2023, under Application No. 18/532,493.

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