ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,318,314, issued on June 3, was assigned to JSG IP Ventures LLC (Greenwood Village, Colo.).
"System and methods for residual limbs of amputees" was invented by Jordan T. Doles (Fort Collins, Colo.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various aspects of this disclosure relate to a prosthetic cover comprising an array of sensors, which transmit signals to an array of electrodes in a liner that fits over a residual limb of an amputee. Different interactions with the prosthetic cover cause different activation of the electrodes to transmit electrical current through different areas of the residual limb and modulate neurons differently within the res...