ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,527,711, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to Bioness Medical Inc. (Valencia, Calif.).
"Methods and apparatus for body weight support system" was invented by Keith Mcbride (Ventura, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus includes a drive mechanism, a patient support mechanism, and an electronic system. The drive mechanism is included in a trolley and is configured to suspend the trolley from a support track. The drive mechanism includes a first sensor configured to sense an operating condition of the drive mechanism. The patient support mechanism couples to the trolley and includes a tether and a second sensor. The tether can b...