ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,329,711, issued on June 17, was assigned to Therabody Inc. (Los Angeles).

"Percussive therapy device with interchangeable modules" was invented by Jason Wersland (Los Angeles), Benjamin Nazarian (Los Angeles), Jaime Sanchez Solana (Los Angeles) and Eduardo Merino (Los Angeles).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A percussive therapy device includes a housing, an electrical source, a motor positioned in the housing, a switch for activating the motor, and a push rod assembly operatively connected to the motor and configured to reciprocate in response to activation of the motor. A massage attachment is removably received on a distal end of the pu...