ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,649,060, issued on June 9, was assigned to The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (Hong Kong).

"Gait event-driven, phase-dependent and multi-modal foot rehabilitation system and use method thereof" was invented by Xiaoling Hu (Hong Kong), Fuqiang Ye (Hong Kong), Waiming Li (Hong Kong), Wei Rong (Hong Kong), Kwok Ting Wong (Hong Kong), Tsz Ching Cheung (Hong Kong), Man-Kit Peter Pang (Hong Kong) and Hon-Wah Wai (Hong Kong).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A gait event-driven, phase-dependent and multi-modal foot rehabilitation system, and a use method thereof. The system comprises: a pressure sensor module (110) which measures a pressure distri...