ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,332,133, issued on June 17, was assigned to University of Cape Town (Cape Town, South Africa).

"Ground reaction force plate apparatus and measurement system" was invented by Amir Patel (Cape Town, South Africa), Callen Fisher (Plumstead, South Africa), Liam James Clark (Rondebosch, South Africa) and James Teversham (Cape Town, South Africa).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A ground reaction force plate apparatus and measuring system are provided. The apparatus includes a plate for receiving a force to be measured as applied by a subject to the plate and a plurality of load cells in an arrangement supporting the plate, each load cell being a...