US Patent Issued to The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois, REHABILITATION INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO on Jan. 27 for "Joint movement therapy and assistive device system and method" (Illinois Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,533,280, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Ill.) and REHABILITATION INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO (Chicago).

"Joint movement therapy and assistive device system and method" was invented by James Patton (Chicago).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A joint movement therapy and assistive device system. The system includes a torque profile device having a plurality of connecting components, a longitudinal axis, and a center. Each connecting component of the plurality of connecting components is disposed at a selected distance relative to the center and a selected angle relative to the longitudi...