US Patent Issued to Human Motion Technologies on June 9 for "Mechanical support device comprising a variable impedance module" (Pennsylvania Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,648,612, issued on June 9, was assigned to Human Motion Technologies LLC (Pittsburgh).

"Mechanical support device comprising a variable impedance module" was invented by Tianyao Chen (Pittsburgh) and Joshua M. Caputo (Pittsburgh).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A mechanical support device comprising a variable impedance module is disclosed herein. The variable impedance module is configured to adjustably control a stiffness, a damping, and/or a range of motion of a joint. In various instances, the mechanical support device is intended for use with an ankle joint. In such instances, the mechanical support device further comprises a shoe and ...