US Patent Issued to Board of Regents, The University of Texas System on Sept. 29 for "Powered orthosis with combined motor and gear technology" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,746,172, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas).

"Powered orthosis with combined motor and gear technology" was invented by Robert D. Gregg IV (Austin, Texas) and Hanqi Zhu (Austin, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure includes, in one embodiment, an orthosis device. The orthosis device, in one embodiment, includes an actuator housing, an electric motor contained within the actuator housing, the electric motor including a motor stator and a motor rotor forming an inner diameter, and the electric motor further having high output torque. The orthosis devi...