US Patent Issued to REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN on March 31 for "Catcher's knee exoskeleton" (New York, Illinois, Michigan, California, New Jersey Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,589,047, issued on March 31, was assigned to REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN (Ann Arbor, Mich.).

"Catcher's knee exoskeleton" was invented by Austin Carr (Lisle, Ill.), Christopher Colon (New York), Matthew Rudy (Ann Arbor, Mich.), John Ike Smith (Washington, N.J.), Alex Turk (Canton, Mich.), Elliott J. Rouse (Ann Arbor, Mich.), William Grundfest (Los Angeles) and Zachary Grundfest (Los Angeles).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides an exoskeleton mechanism for supporting a joint. The exoskeleton mechanism includes a brace having a first arm and a support arm, the support arm pivotably connected to the firs...