ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,303,409, issued on May 20, was assigned to Dephy Inc..
"Unidirectional actuated exoskeleton device" was invented by Luke Mooney (Sudbury, Mass.) and Jean-Francois Duval (Belmont, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention is directed to an autonomous exoskeleton device that includes one or more actuators, one or more controllers, one or more sensors with one or more unidirectional transmissions. The present invention provides a mechanical joint in parallel with a biological joint. The exoskeleton device preferably includes and electric motor and winch, chain, belt, cam transmission or other mechanism for providing unidire...