ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,403,298, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to Hi-Dow IPHC Inc. (St. Louis).

"Physiotherapy device and method for controlling physiotherapy device" was invented by Luying Meng (Hefei, China), Yang Chen (Hefei, China), Bin Du (Hefei, China) and Qiangsheng Sun (Hefei, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A physiotherapy device and a method for controlling the physiotherapy device are provided. The physiotherapy device may include an electric stimulator capable of generating electric pulses, a heating electrode sheet capable of attaching to a user's body, and a connecting component configured to connect with the heating electrode sheet via a p...