US Patent Issued to Arizona Board of Regents on Behalf of Arizona State University on May 26 for "Systems and methods for origami-inspired wearable robots for trunk support" (Arizona Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,636,219, issued on May 26, was assigned to Arizona Board of Regents on Behalf of Arizona State University (Tempe, Ariz.).

"Systems and methods for origami-inspired wearable robots for trunk support" was invented by Daniel Aukes (Gilbert, Ariz.) and Dongting Li (Gilbert, Ariz.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for a wearable "exo-shell" to improve the gait of elderly people during obstacle avoidance tasks are disclosed. With payload and energy expenditure as a main focus of this design, the present system leverages switchable, passive systems, in combination with lightweight materials that minimize additional metabolic cos...