US Patent Issued to UNIVERSITE LAVAL on March 25 for "Movement assistance apparatus, e.g., for feeding, writing" (Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,257,167, issued on March 25, was assigned to UNIVERSITE LAVAL (Quebec, Canada).

"Movement assistance apparatus, e.g., for feeding, writing" was invented by Alexandre Campeau-Lecours (Quebec, Canada), Philippe Turgeon (Quebec, Canada), Francois Routhier (Quebec, Canada) and Thierry Laliberte (Quebec, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus comprises a main arm having links extending from a ground end to an effector end and allowing movement of the effector end from a first position to a second position, the links including at least a base link adapted to be pivotally connected to a base, and a spacing link pivotally mounted to...