Patents by Inventor Jennifer T. McCarthy

Jennifer T. McCarthy has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • CONTROLLING POWERED HUMAN AUGMENTATION DEVICES
    Publication number: 20200146849
    Abstract: In a communication system for controlling a powered human augmentation device, a parameter of the powered device is adjusted within a gait cycle by wirelessly transmitting a control signal thereto, whereby the adjusted parameter falls within a target range corresponding to that parameter. The target range is selected and the device parameters are controlled such that the powered device can normalize or augment human biomechanical function, responsive to a wearer's activity, regardless of speed and terrain and, in effect, provides at least a biomimetic response to the wearer of the powered device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2020
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventors: Zhixiu Han, Christopher Eric Barnhart, David Adams Garlow, Adrienne Bolger, Hugh Miller Herr, Gary Girzon, Richard J. Casler, Jennifer T. McCarthy
  • Controlling powered human augmentation devices
    Patent number: 10537449
    Abstract: In a communication system for controlling a powered human augmentation device, a parameter of the powered device is adjusted within a gait cycle by wirelessly transmitting a control signal thereto, whereby the adjusted parameter falls within a target range corresponding to that parameter. The target range is selected and the device parameters are controlled such that the powered device can normalize or augment human biomechanical function, responsive to a wearer's activity, regardless of speed and terrain and, in effect, provides at least a biomimetic response to the wearer of the powered device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: Bionx Medical Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Zhixiu Han, Christopher Eric Barnhart, David Adams Garlow, Adrienne Bolger, Hugh Miller Herr, Gary Girzon, Richard J. Casler, Jennifer T. McCarthy
  • CONTROLLING POWERED HUMAN AUGMENTATION DEVICES
    Publication number: 20140088727
    Abstract: In a communication system for controlling a powered human augmentation device, a parameter of the powered device is adjusted within a gait cycle by wirelessly transmitting a control signal thereto, whereby the adjusted parameter falls within a target range corresponding to that parameter. The target range is selected and the device parameters are controlled such that the powered device can normalize or augment human biomechanical function, responsive to a wearer's activity, regardless of speed and terrain and, in effect, provides at least a biomimetic response to the wearer of the powered device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2013
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Applicant: iWalk, Inc.
    Inventors: Zhixiu Han, Christopher Eric Barnhart, David Adams Garlow, Adrienne Bolger, Hugh Miller Herr, Gary Girzon, Richard J. Casler, JR., Jennifer T. McCarthy
  • CONTROLLING POWERED HUMAN AUGMENTATION DEVICES
    Publication number: 20120259430
    Abstract: In a communication system for controlling a powered human augmentation device, a parameter of the powered device is adjusted within a gait cycle by wirelessly transmitting a control signal thereto, whereby the adjusted parameter falls within a target range corresponding to that parameter. The target range is selected and the device parameters are controlled such that the powered device can normalize or augment human biomechanical function, responsive to a wearer's activity, regardless of speed and terrain and, in effect, provides at least a biomimetic response to the wearer of the powered device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2012
    Publication date: October 11, 2012
    Inventors: Zhixiu Han, Christopher E. Barnhart, David A. Garlow, Adrienne Bolger, Hugh M. Herr, Gary Girzon, Richard J. Casler, JR., Jennifer T. McCarthy