ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,330,017, issued on June 17, was assigned to SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY (Suzhou, China).
"Lower-limb walking rehabilitation trainer" was invented by Kuihua Zhan (Suzhou, China), Zixian Qiu (Suzhou, China) and Yuhao Lu (Suzhou, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention provides a lower-limb walking rehabilitation trainer, including two supporting frames, two gait simulation mechanisms installed on the two supporting frames respectively, and two pedals installed on the two gait simulation mechanisms respectively. The supporting frames are crutch type supporting frames. The gait simulation mechanisms include a special four-bar linkage and c...