US Patent Issued to Companion Labs on June 16 for "System and method for characterizing and monitoring health of an animal based on gait and postural movements" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,653,161, issued on June 16, was assigned to Companion Labs Inc. (San Francisco).

"System and method for characterizing and monitoring health of an animal based on gait and postural movements" was invented by Paul Mundell (San Francisco), Camden Olson (San Francisco), Libby Rockaway (San Francisco) and John Honchariw (San Francisco).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "One variation of a method includes: accessing a video feed recorded at a training apparatus configured to dispense primary reinforcer units; dispensing a first primary reinforcer unit toward a first location; in response to detecting the animal at the first location, dispensing a ...