ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,533,281, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Aescape Inc. (New York).
"Robotic massage end effector" was invented by Eric A. Litman (Brooklyn, N.Y.), Nicholas Akiona (New York), Kathleen Lockhart (Bow, N.H.) and Bruce Chabanksy (Kalamata, Greece).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A massage robot arm end effector includes a mounting interface that is attachable to a robot arm. It further includes a surface distal from the mounting interface having a variable curvature that comprises a plurality of interaction regions. The surface is paired with a garment worn by a subject."
The patent was filed on Sept. 14, 2023, under Application No. 18/368,...