ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,447,089, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Barrett Technology LLC (Newton, Mass.).
"Multi-active-axis, non-exoskeletal robotic rehabilitation device" was invented by David D. Wilkinson (Dedham, Mass.), Alvin Yen (Newton, Mass.), Claude F. Valle IV (Burlington, Mass.), Michael Schiess (Duxbury, Mass.) and William T. Townsend (Weston, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A robotic device for operation in association with a body of a user, wherein the body of the user comprises a torso and a limb, the robotic device comprising: a base; an arm having a first end and a second end, the first end of the arm being mounted to the base; an endpoi...