US Patent Issued to COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES on Jan. 13 for "Staircase with instrumented steps with lifting actuator for assisted ascent or descent" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,523,043, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES (Paris).

"Staircase with instrumented steps with lifting actuator for assisted ascent or descent" was invented by Remy Kalmar (Grenoble, France) and Manuel Fendler (Grenoble, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a system for assisted ascent or descent, comprising: -a staircase comprising at least one instrumented mobile step, equipped with at least one sensor for measuring the centre of pressure of a user and at least one lifting actuator designed to raise or lower the step according to a degree of vertical...