US Patent Issued to The Regents of the University of Michigan on June 30 for "Robotic pronator" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,669,168, issued on June 30, was assigned to The Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Mich.).

"Robotic pronator" was invented by Evelyn Sorgenfrei (Ann Arbor, Mich.), Vasil lakimovitch (Ann Arbor, Mich.) and Revanth Damerla (Ann Arbor, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An assembly comprising a crank configured to rotate about an output axis; a first motor configured to rotate a first screw; and a first nut assembly configured to translate along the first screw in response to rotation of the first screw. The first nut assembly is coupled to the crank. The assembly further includes a second motor configured to rotate a secon...