ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,551,758, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to ORPYX MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES INC. (Calgary, Canada).
"System and method for determining running power" was invented by Samuel Carl William Blades (Victoria, Canada), Eric Christian Honert (Calgary, Canada) and Benno Maurus Nigg (Calgary, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system, method and computer program product for determining mechanical running power. A plurality of sensor readings is acquired from a plurality of force sensors positioned underfoot. Force values are determined for a plurality of strides using aggregate force data. The slope, a stance time and running speed are determined...