ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,383,356, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore).
"Body mountable robot" was invented by Iulian I. Iordachita (Lutherville, Md.), Jin Seob Kim (Ellicott City, Md.), David Levi (Baltimore), Kevin Cleary (Potomac, Md.) and Reza Monfaredi (Rockville, Md.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A body mountable robot may include a set of stages disposed in a parallel configuration. The body mountable robot may include a set of actuating joints, wherein an actuating joint, of the set of actuating joints, is configured to rotate with respect to a corresponding stage of the set of stages. The body mountable robot may ...