ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,728,061, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to CERAGEM Co. LTD. (Cheonan-si, South Korea).

"Spinal traction algorithm and thermal spinal massage device to which same is applied" was invented by Il Young Cho (Jeonju-si, South Korea), Ka Eun Kim (Cheonan-si, South Korea), Hong Young Jang (Cheonan-si, South Korea) and Mi Hyun Lee (Yongin-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A spinal traction algorithm and a thermal spinal massage device to which the same is applied are disclosed. A spinal traction method applied to a thermal spinal massage device, according to one embodiment, allows a ceramic to travel along a spinal column on the ba...