US Patent Issued to Arizona Board of Regents on behalf of Arizona State University on Aug. 11 for "Hip exoskeleton for lifting and pushing" (Arizona Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,703,078, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Arizona Board of Regents on behalf of Arizona State University (Scottsdale, Ariz.).

"Hip exoskeleton for lifting and pushing" was invented by Thomas Sugar (Chandler, Ariz.) and Kevin Hollander (Scottsdale, Ariz.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hip assist actuation system is configured to allow a user to experience free movement of hip extension and hip flexion over a predetermined range and receive a torque assist in response to performing a lifting or pushing activity. The hip assist actuation system may be configured to determine whether the lifting or pushing activity is occurring and provi...