US Patent Issued to University of Oregon on Oct. 14 for "Shoes with integrated optical sensors and methods of making thereof" (Oregon Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,439,995, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to University of Oregon (Eugene, Ore.).

"Shoes with integrated optical sensors and methods of making thereof" was invented by Gabi Lorenzo (Portland, Ore.), Susan Sokolowski (Portland, Ore.), Michael Aaron McGeehan (Eugene, Ore.), Mike Hahn (Eugene, Ore.) and Keat Ghee Ong (Eugene, Ore.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A shoe can include a sock liner assembly configured to receive a reflectant panel and a midsole assembly configured to receive an optical sensor. The optical sensor can include an optical source configured to emit a beam directed to the reflectant panel and an optical detector configu...