ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,673,248, issued on July 7, was assigned to UNIVERSIDAD SANTIAGO DE CALI (Cali, Colombia).
"Robotic platform for hippotherapy and method for motor and cognitive assessment and stimulation" was invented by Javier Ferney Castillo Garcia (Cali, Colombia).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cognitive assessment and stimulation method and a robotic platform for hippotherapy that comprises a structure comprising at least a high torque servomotor, and an articulated mechanism that simulates the horse's head, at least two load cells placed on the articulated mechanism of the structure, for controlling direction and speed, at least one seat module, tha...