ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,472,402, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to CYBERDYNE INC. (Tsukuba, Japan).
"Heart rehabilitation support apparatus and heart rehabilitation support method" was invented by Yoshiyuki Sankai (Tsukuba, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "When controlling load torque of a drive unit on the basis of a biological signal detected from a subject's lower limb parts, adjustments are made to a hybrid ratio of voluntary control to generate running torque and a rotational speed of a crank according to the subject's intention and autonomous control to generate assisting power for the subject's pedaling motion on the basis of a rotation angle of the...