US Patent Issued to Jenkins Neurospine on July 15 for "System for determining a force being generated by a patient" (New York, New Jersey Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,357,198, issued on July 15, was assigned to Jenkins Neurospine LLC (Old Greenwich, Conn.).

"System for determining a force being generated by a patient" was invented by Eric Howard Ledet (Schenectady, N.Y.), Laura Jean Bentivegna (Lawrenceville, N.J.), Christian Bossio (Troy, N.Y.), Benjamin James Liddle (Troy, N.Y.) and Arthur L. Jenkins III (New York).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method for determining a patient force during a motion includes a tether adapted to be biased during a motion so that a tension force is applied. The tether is connected a motor and generates a tether force about the motor. The system controls th...