ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,336,784, issued on June 24, was assigned to VirtuSense Technologies LLC (Peoria, Ill.).
"Palpation evaluation or diagnosis device, system and method" was invented by Deepak Gaddipati (Peoria, Ill.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A physical therapy or palpation evaluation or diagnosis device, system, and method for evaluating the condition of a patient's body, for example, the spine and/or soft tissue. The physical therapist currently uses palpation to subjectively evaluate the condition of the spine, soft tissue and/or muscle of the patient. The physical therapist assigns a subjective score (from 0-10) based on the stiffness and/or mobili...