ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,336,848, issued on June 24, was assigned to Dyphi Inc. (Daejeon, South Korea).

"Apparatus for measuring degree of frailty on basis of athletic ability parameters" was invented by Hyun Chul Roh (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein is a frailty diagnosis apparatus. The frailty diagnosis apparatus includes a physical performance meter and a processor for determining a frailty index of a target person based on physical performance of the target person obtained by the physical performance meter. The physical performance meter includes at least one among a gait speed meter for measuring a gait speed of the targ...