ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,642,727, issued on June 2, was assigned to National Rehabilitation Center (Seoul, South Korea).

"Electromotive transfer device" was invented by Won-Kyung Song (Seoul, South Korea), Kuem Ju Lee (Seoul, South Korea) and Yu Mi Shin (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electromotive transfer device includes: a center body (110); a lower frame (120) extended forward from the center body; a vertical frame (130) provided on the center body; an upper frame (140) rotatably connected to an upper end of the vertical frame and provided with a sling support (145) to which a sling is connected; an adjusting rod (150) connected to the v...