US Patent Issued to Nexera Robotics on March 17 for "Method and apparatus for an adaptable suction device" (Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,576,544, issued on March 17, was assigned to Nexera Robotics Corp. (Vancouver, Canada).

"Method and apparatus for an adaptable suction device" was invented by Sepehr Sheikholeslami (Vancouver, Canada), Carlo Menon (Coquitlam, Canada) and Jingyang Peng (Saskatoon, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention will provide a suction device adapted to provide gripping and suction forces to pick up and move a wide variety of objects. This is accomplished through a suction compartment, a membrane compartment, deformable membrane sealing said membrane compartment, and at least one pressure mechanism. The at least one pressure me...