ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,576,517, issued on March 17, was assigned to Georgia Tech Research Corp. (Atlanta).
"Voice-activated, compact, and portable robotic system" was invented by Jaydev P. Desai (Atlanta), Seokhwan Jeong (Atlanta), Phillip Tran (Atlanta) and Xuefeng Wang (Atlanta).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In a joint movement device for selective flexion and extension of a joint, a tendon is disposed adjacent to the first and second joint members. A tendon securing device is secured to the second joint member, the tendon being secured to the tendon securing device. At least one phalange ring is secured to a joint member and includes a tending routing mech...