ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,690,995, issued on July 28, was assigned to PRINCETON SATELLITE SYSTEMS INC. (Plainsboro, N.J.).

"Anterior cruciate ligament protector" was invented by Michael Paluszek (Plainsboro, N.J.) and Joyce Mo (Highland Park, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wearable knee brace system integrates inertial measurement unit (IMU) and electromyography (EMG) sensors with machine learning models to prevent anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) and posterior cruciate ligament (PCL) injuries. The system collects real-time biomechanical and neuromuscular data and analyzes the data using supervised, personalized, or federated learning techniques to identif...