ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,214,853, issued on Feb. 4, was assigned to Medici Technologies LLC (Albuquerque, N.M.).

"Motor control system based upon movements inherent to self-propulsion" was invented by Mark Ries Robinson (Albuquerque, N.M.) and Elena A Allen (Albuquerque, N.M.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The systems and methods described herein provide hands free motor control mechanisms based on the natural and inherent movements associated with an activity of interest, and can be combined with gestures or verbal communication based upon pre-defined movements by the participant."

The patent was filed on March 6, 2023, under Application No. 18/179,359.

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