US Patent Issued to The Regents of the University of California, suitX on Feb. 4 for "Exoskeleton legs to reduce fatigue during repetitive and prolonged squatting" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,213,934, issued on Feb. 4, was assigned to The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, Calif.) and suitX Inc. (Emeryville, Calif.).

"Exoskeleton legs to reduce fatigue during repetitive and prolonged squatting" was invented by Wayne Tung (Berkeley, Calif.), Minerva V. Pillai (Redwood City, Calif.), James Hatch (Oakland, Calif.), Homayoon Kazerooni (Berkeley, Calif.), Theerapat Yangyuenthanasan (Berkeley, Calif.), Yusuke Maruo (Berkeley, Calif.) and David Cuban (Oakland, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An exoskeleton leg is wearable by a person. The exoskeleton includes a thigh link configured to move in unison with the thi...