ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,350,225, issued on July 8, was assigned to PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT Co. LTD. (Osaka, Japan).

"Apparatus for fall prevention during walking, control device, control method, and recording medium" was invented by Mayumi Komatsu (Kyoto, Japan) and Stephen William John (Nara, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus includes a first wire and a second wire which are coupled to a right upper ankle belt and a right lower ankle belt, a third wire and a fourth wire which are coupled to a left upper ankle belt and a left lower ankle belt, an obtainer obtaining user information about a user and information about walking act...