US Patent Issued to GaitIQ on May 13 for "Gait-based assessment of neurodegeneration" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,295,727, issued on May 13, was assigned to GaitIQ Inc. (San Antonio).

"Gait-based assessment of neurodegeneration" was invented by Richard Morris (San Antonio) and Barbara Schnan Mastronardi (San Antonio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Neurodegeneration can be assessed based on a gait signature, using a machine-learning model trained on gait metrics acquired for a patient, in conjunction with cognitive test data and neuropathology information about the patient. The gait signature can be derived from gait kinematic data, e.g., as obtained with a video-based, marker-less motion capture system."

The patent was filed on March 28, 2024, under...