ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,544,291, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to CHIRONGEN (PTY) LTD. (Cape Town, South Africa).
"Physical manipulation apparatus and methods of use and manufacture" was invented by Adriaan Albertus Victor (Brackenfell, South Africa).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention provides a physical manipulation apparatus that is engageable with a skin surface of a human or animal subject. The apparatus may include a skin-engageable pad configured to conform to the morphology of a physical manipulation member such as a digit of a human therapist or a stylus tip of a chiropractic adjustment instrument. The skin-engageable pad may include a fricti...