US Patent Issued to Healing Innovations on April 14 for "Handle driving mechanism for locomotion rehabilitation" (Tennessee Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,599,809, issued on April 14, was assigned to Healing Innovations Inc. (Nashville, Tenn.).

"Handle driving mechanism for locomotion rehabilitation" was invented by Scott Douglas Benda (Hendersonville, Tenn.) and Benjamin Howland Taylor (Nashville, Tenn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system can comprise a driving link, a first footplate link, a footplate, a pulley system, a second footplate link, and a handle. The driving link can rotate, to thereby cause the first footplate link to translate in a first direction. The translation of the first footplate link footplate in the first direction can cause the footplate and the second footpla...