ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,691,282, issued on July 28, was assigned to Nordic-NeuroStim ApS (Aalborg Ost, Denmark).
"Apparatus and method for training and assisting gait of a person" was invented by Morten Kristian Haugland (Svenstrup J, Denmark) and Christian Christiansen (Birkerod, Denmark).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus (100) for training and assisting gait of a person, comprises: a sensor (112; 140; 150) configured for being arranged in relation to a foot or leg of the person for sensing input related to movement of the foot; a foot sole stimulator (120) for providing a foot stimulation electrical signal to the foot sole for stimulating a nocicepti...