US Patent Issued to Ekso Bionics Holdings on June 17 for "Biomechanical motion device for human gait load replication" (Pennsylvania, Connecticut Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,329,662, issued on June 17, was assigned to Ekso Bionics Holdings Inc. (San Rafael, Calif.).

"Biomechanical motion device for human gait load replication" was invented by Samuel K. Westgard (Guilford, Conn.) and Ryan J. Farris (Mechanicsburg, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A biomechanical motion device employs a plurality of actuator cylinders to generate forces representative of human gait loading. The biomechanical motion device includes a crosshead that is manipulated vertically by a set of two vertical pneumatic cylinders, and the crosshead is mounted to two vertical shafts on linear bearings that guide the crosshead in the verti...