US Patent Issued on March 25 for "System and method for utilizing immersive virtual reality in physical therapy" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,260,010, issued on March 25.

"System and method for utilizing immersive virtual reality in physical therapy" was invented by Aviv Elor (Walnut Creek, Calif.), Michael Ora Powell (Campbell, Calif.) and Ash Seymour Robbins (Santa Cruz, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method for utilizing virtual reality technology to provide and improve physical therapy care. Virtual reality devices may be utilized to facilitate telehealth visits in a three-dimensional medium where a digital avatar moves in accordance with the movement of a patient wearing a virtual reality device. Virtual reality devices may be used to provide and moni...