ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,396,919, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to Therabody Inc. (Los Angeles).

"Percussive therapy device with electrically connected attachment" was invented by Jason Wersland (Manhattan Beach, Calif.), Benjamin Nazarian (Beverly Hills, Calif.), Jaime Sanchez Solana (Los Angeles), Eduardo Merino (Beverly Hills, Calif.) and Richard Tang (Shenzhen, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A percussive therapy system includes a percussive therapy device that includes a housing, an electrical source, a motor positioned in the housing, a switch for activating the motor, a push rod assembly operatively connected to the motor and configured to reciproc...