ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,440,674, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Actegy Ltd. (Bracknell, Great Britain).

"Apparatus for detecting motion" was invented by Anno Jakob Koetje (Surrey, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Apparatus (30) for detecting motion of a device (1) for electrical stimulation of a subject is described. The apparatus (30) comprises a motion detector (2) to detect the motion of the device (1) and generate a motion output signal in response to the detected motion. The motion output signal is indicative of the amount of detected motion. A processor (21) is coupled to the motion detector (20). The processor (21) receives (72) the motio...