ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,642,682, issued on June 2, was assigned to Dinesh Vyas (Elk Grove, Calif.).

"Devices and methods for the management and prevention of hernia and other musculoskeletal injuries" was invented by Dinesh Vyas (Elk Grove, Calif.), Suresh Subraya Pai (Los Altos, Calif.) and Celso Bagaoisan (Union City, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods are provided for mitigating and/or preventing a hernia using a wearable device worn by a user such that an output device is positioned at a predetermined location corresponding to a target hernia mitigation site on the user's body. One or more physical parameters of the user are monitored ...