ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,745,957, issued on Sept. 29.

"Systems for improving blood circulation" was invented by Christopher Harding Moller (Cottenham, Great Britain), Thushara Sabreen (Pinner Middlesex, Great Britain) and Jussi Ville Mikkonen (Vejle, Denmark).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for improving blood circulation, the system comprising a control unit comprising a processor and at least one article of footwear wherein one or more of the at least one articles of footwear together or alone comprise: one or more actuators coupled to and controlled by the control unit; one or more electrically-conductive paths; one or more sensors integrated into the...