MUMBAI, India, June 27 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202341087593 A) filed by Jain, Bangalore, Karnataka, on Dec. 21, 2023, for 'mobility assistive device for physically impaired.'

Inventor(s) include Manashree.

The application for the patent was published on June 27, under issue no. 26/2025.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "A mobility assistive device for physically impaired, comprises of a pair of frames 1 developed to be equipped by a user while moving on a ground surface, a pressure sensor for detecting placement of user's hand on handles 2, an imaging unit 4 for capturing and processing images of user, a microphone 6 for enabling user to provide input voice commands regarding a resting operation that user desires to perform, a touch sensor installed on frames 1 for detecting contact of frames 1 with each other, a motorized hinge joint 8 arranged on frames 1 for deploying a flap 9 that allows user to attain a seating posture, a thermal imaging unit for capturing thermal images of user to determine strain developed in user's muscles and multiple IR (Infrared) rays for emitting IR rays towards user in order to decrease developed strain."

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