MUMBAI, India, June 6 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202417095531 A) filed by Malcolm, Roger, J; and Kim, Daniel, B, San Clemente, U.S.A., on Dec. 4, 2024, for 'body worn body part support device and method.'
Inventor(s) include Malcolm, Roger, J; and Kim, Daniel, B.
The application for the patent was published on June 6, under issue no. 23/2025.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "A body-worn device (10) for flexibly supporting a body part such as the head (3) in a hunched over position such as when a surgeon performs surgery. The device (10) can include a head harness (11) connected to a torso harness (12) by a specialized oblong variable stiffness beam (20) that extends upwardly along the back of the spine of the wearer (1). The beam can include a variable stiffness member having a complex tapered geometry. The member can be made from a unitary piece of fiber composite material wherein the orientations of the fibers are varied to provide both bending and torsional strength and stiffness that varies along the length of the member. The beam and harnesses can include a plurality of interconnected mechanisms to provide greater adjustability."
The patent application was internationally filed on May 05, 2022, under International application No.17/737881.
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