ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,661,298, issued on June 23, was assigned to SUNGWOO MEDITECH Co. LTD. (Seongnam-si, South Korea).

"Massage ball vertically-moving mechanism for hyperthermo-therapeutic apparatus" was invented by Chung Hwa Park (Seongnam-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A massage ball vertically-moving mechanism for a hyperthermo-therapeutic apparatus, includes a hyperthermo-therapeutic massage ball; a ball support, and configured to support the hyperthermo-therapeutic massage ball and configured to vertically move; and a driving gear installed at the movable frame and configured to vertically move the ball support. A rack gear meshing with ...