ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,770,282, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to Healthcare Outcomes Performance Co. Ltd. (Altrincham, Great Britain).
"Joint angle determination under limited visibility" was invented by Huy Quoc Phan (Fleet, Great Britain), Thomas Harte (London) and Axel Sylvan (London).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided herein are methods and systems for determining joint information, such as joint angle and range of movement, quickly and accurately without using cumbersome, specialized equipment even when visibility to the joint may be limited. Such methods and systems may be achieved by using computationally efficient approaches that are accurate and...