ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,736,419, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to SHL Medical AG (Zug, Switzerland).

"Force measuring device" was invented by Ming-Ting Yin (Taoyuan City, Taiwan), Chun Chang (Nacka Strand, Sweden) and Yi-Ju Chen (Taoyuan City, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a force measuring device comprising a spring module, and an electronic module, detachably mechanically connected to the spring module. The spring module comprises a test head defining an outer surface of the device, a spring seat, and a spring arranged between the test head and the spring seat, with a first end of the spring engaging the test head...