ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,544,293, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Ermi LLC (Atlanta).
"Device for assisting with extension and/or flexion" was invented by Shaun Kevin Stinton (Sandy Springs, Ga.), Thomas P. Branch (Atlanta), Edward S. Dittmar (Atlanta), Matei Dan (Salt Lake City) and Tim Lester (Smyrna, Ga.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device is provided for manipulating an arm of a user, thereby providing extension or flexion assistance to the arm about an elbow. The device has an arm engagement system, having an upper arm member with an upper arm frame having a pivot end and a distal end, a posterior elbow pad, a forearm member with a forearm frame havi...