US Patent Issued to ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE FEDERALE DE LAUSANNE (EPFL) on Sept. 8 for "Hand exoskeleton for rehabilitation and assistance of hand motor functions" (Swiss Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,728,520, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE FEDERALE DE LAUSANNE (EPFL) (Lausanne, Switzerland).

"Hand exoskeleton for rehabilitation and assistance of hand motor functions" was invented by Ole Luhmann (Lausanne, Switzerland) and Luca Randazzo (Lausanne, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device and system for e.g. rehabilitation and assistance of hand motor functions, in particular a portable and under-actuated hand exoskeleton for use in activities of daily living, is disclosed."

The patent was filed on Aug. 20, 2021, under Application No. 18/022,432.

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