US Patent Issued to KOREA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH AND BUSINESS FOUNDATION on March 25 for "Functional joint assist apparatus" (South Korean Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,257,170, issued on March 25, was assigned to KOREA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH AND BUSINESS FOUNDATION (Seoul, South Korea).

"Functional joint assist apparatus" was invented by Jae Gyoon Kim (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a functional joint assist apparatus including an air bladder having a cut hole and divided into a plurality of air cells so that air is injected into at least one of the air cells; and a fixing unit coupled to a front surface or a rear surface of the air bladder to attach or detach the air bladder to/from the joint."

The patent was filed on Oct. 2, 2019, under Application ...