ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,702,506, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Geoffrey Lee Ruben (Washington, Pa.).

"Healthcare assistive robot apparatus" was invented by Geoffrey Lee Ruben (Washington, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "One embodiment provides an assistive robot apparatus, the assistive robot apparatus including: a sensor system including at least one sensor that obtains input related to a health characteristic of a person under care of the assistive robot apparatus; an actuator system including at least one actuator that causes at least a portion of the assistive robot system to move and interact with an environment of the assistive robot apparatus; an...