US Patent Issued to EXOVIBE on July 14 for "Artificial muscle, exoskeleton, related method and system" (Belgian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,678,934, issued on July 14, was assigned to EXOVIBE (Dilsen-Stokkenm, Belgium).

"Artificial muscle, exoskeleton, related method and system" was invented by Gabriel Samlali (Dilsen-Stokkem, Belgium), William Thenaers (Heers, Belgium), Luc Thomas (Peer, Belgium), Yoeri Renders (Halen, Belgium) and Jory Pauwels (Mol, Belgium).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described herein are artificial muscles for soft exoskeletons. Each muscle comprises first and second tendons with attachment means for connecting to the exoskeleton's muscle connectors. A deformable muscle core, preferably enclosed in an outer sleeve, extends between the tendons. Each ten...