Patents by Inventor Juan Pablo MEJIA NINO
Juan Pablo MEJIA NINO 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).
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Patent number: 11872145Abstract: A linear force-measuring device for a hydraulic actuator of an orthopedic device. The force-measuring device includes a base, a bearing receptacle and at least one sensor for detecting changes in length between the base and the bearing receptacle, wherein the bearing receptacle is connected to the base via two opposing connecting parts, and the at least one sensor is secured to one of the connecting parts.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2018Date of Patent: January 16, 2024Assignee: OTTO BOCK HEALTHCARE PRODUCTS GMBHInventors: Christian Breuer-Ruesch, Andreas Gradischar, Juan Pablo Mejia Nino, Roland Auberger, Alexander Noah Spring
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Publication number: 20230270569Abstract: The invention relates to an orthopaedic joint device, comprising an upper part (2) and a lower part (3), which are mounted on one another so as to be pivotable about a joint pin (4) and between which a damper device (5) is situated in order to provide resistance against pivoting of the upper part (2) relative to the lower part (3), and the damper device (5) is mounted on the upper part (2) and the lower part (3) via fastening devices (6, 7), a fastening device (6) comprising a head (8) in which a bearing (9) is situated which is supported on a pin (10) that is mounted in the upper part (2) or lower part (3), characterised in that the pin (10) is mounted so as to be rotatable in the upper part (2) or lower part (3).Type: ApplicationFiled: July 20, 2021Publication date: August 31, 2023Inventors: Juan-Pablo Mejia Nino, Dusan Vujanic
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Publication number: 20230225885Abstract: The invention relates to a prosthetic device for a lower extremity comprising a prosthetic food and a lower leg part secured to the prosthetic foot, as well as a device for manually adjusting an orientation of the lower leg part relative to the prosthetic foot, wherein an inertial angle sensor is arranged on the prosthetic device, which detects the orientation of the lower leg part in the space and which is coupled to an output device which in turn outputs the orientation of the lower leg part in the space or the reaching of a previously determined orientation with an output signal in a manner that can be perceived by a user.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2020Publication date: July 20, 2023Applicant: OTTOBOCK SE & CO. KGAAInventors: Sven KALTENBORN, Miclas SCHWARTZ, Dries Glorieux, Juan Pablo MEJIA NINO, Gregory Schneider
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Patent number: 11439520Abstract: An orthopedic device with a hydraulic damping device, a valve with a valve seat and a valve body that is subjected to a closing force. The closing force is applied via a valve spring that is pre-loaded towards the valve seat. A fluid connection between the hydraulic damping device and the valve seat is provided. The valve features an adjustment device for adjusting the preload of the valve spring.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2019Date of Patent: September 13, 2022Inventors: Julian Rumpler, Kay Bodenstein, Juan Pablo Mejia Nino
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Publication number: 20220252130Abstract: The invention relates to an actuator for an orthopedic device with an actuator housing and a heat store for storing the heat produced during operation of the actuator, the heat store having a heat store housing that has a cavity and a heat storage medium present therein, or consisting of a heat storage medium. The heat store is designed to be attachable to or in the actuator housing and has a receiving region that matches an actuator housing region and, when the heat store is mounted, is in heat-transferring contact with the actuator housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 7, 2020Publication date: August 11, 2022Applicant: Otto Bock Healthcare Products GmbHInventors: Harald SIMA, Juan Pablo MEJIA NINO, Joachim HAGLAGE
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Patent number: 11408444Abstract: A hydraulic actuator includes a housing and with a chamber, which is arranged or formed in the housing and in which a piston is mounted movably and divides the chamber into a flexion chamber and an extension chamber. A channel for hydraulic fluid leads from the flexion chamber and the extension chamber into the housing in order to produce a fluidic connection between the flexion chamber and the extension chamber. At least one valve is arranged in the fluidic connection. The channels lead from the housing to a valve block in which the at least one valve is arranged and is fluidically coupled to the channels, and the valve block is connected to the housing.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2019Date of Patent: August 9, 2022Assignee: Otto Bock Healthcare Products GmbHInventors: Juan Pablo Mejia Nino, Florian Grafl
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Publication number: 20220071780Abstract: The invention relates to a method for controlling an orthotic or prosthetic device and an orthotic or prosthetic device, which can be placed on the body of a user and secured, including a joint device having a proximal component and a distal component, which are pivotally mounted on one another about a pivot axis; at least one adjustable actuator which is arranged between the proximal component and the distal component and via which a movement behaviour relating to a pivoting of the proximal component relative to the distal component can be adjusted; at least one detection device for detecting muscle contractions; and a control device which is coupled to the detection device and to the actuator, processes (electrical) signals from the detection unit, and adjusts the actuator according to the signals, wherein the detection device is designed for detecting muscle contractions.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 16, 2020Publication date: March 10, 2022Applicant: OTTO BOCK HEALTHCARE PRODUCTS GMBHInventors: Dirk SEIFERT, Juan Pablo MEJIA NINO
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Publication number: 20220054043Abstract: The invention relates to a method for evaluating usage data of at least one orthopaedic device which is equipped with sensors for detecting properties, states, or changes in properties or states, wherein the sensors are connected to a transmitter directly or via a storage device and the transmitter transmits the sensor data provided by the sensors to an evaluation unit in a computer network in which the sensor data is processed.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2019Publication date: February 24, 2022Applicant: Otto Bock Healthcare Products GmbHInventors: Erik Albrecht-Laatsch, Alexander Pappe, Dirk Seifert, Alexander Glier, Philipp Kampas, Christian Hofer, Mario Koppe, Christopher Bartels-Sellering, Jens Drieseberg, Martin Schmidt, Robert Kaitan, Markus Schachinger, Juan Pablo MEJIA NINO, Sven Faulhaber, Jörg Krukenberg, Katharina Olze, Andreas Eichler, Florian Gishamer, Bernhard Prochaska, Christian Kovacs, Eva-Maria Fink, Gregory Lyle Schneider, Sebastian Amsüss
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Publication number: 20220008227Abstract: The invention relates to a method for carrying out a prosthesis set-up, wherein multiple components are arranged close to each other, the method comprising the a) providing at least one marking on each of the at least one components, b) arranging various components close to each other, c) detecting a position and/or an orientation of the at least one marking of the closely arranged components by means of at least one optical sensor, d) determining the actual position and/or the actual orientation of the closely arranged components relative to one another using the detected position and/or orientation of the at least one marking, and e) comparing the determined actual position and/or actual orientation with a target position and/or target orientation.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 4, 2019Publication date: January 13, 2022Applicant: Ottobock SE & Co. KGAAInventors: Christian Will, Martin Pusch, Lars Benjamin Finke, Alexander Glier, Juan Pablo MEJIA NINO
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Publication number: 20210236307Abstract: The invention relates to an orthopedic joint with a first component, a second component that is arranged on the first component such that it can be swiveled about a swivel axis, and at least one damper that is configured and arranged to damp a swiveling of the first component relative to the second component, and an actuator for swiveling the first component relative to the second component in at least one direction. According to the invention, the actuator is arranged on the first component or the second component on a medial or lateral side such that it can be detached.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 14, 2019Publication date: August 5, 2021Applicant: Otto Bock Healthcare Products GmbHInventors: Roland Auberger, Janos Kalmar, Juan Pablo Mejia Nino, Domirilk Reiter
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Publication number: 20200383805Abstract: A linear force-measuring device for a hydraulic actuator of an orthopedic device. The force-measuring device includes a base, a bearing receptacle and at least one sensor for detecting changes in length between the base and the bearing receptacle, wherein the bearing receptacle is connected to the base via two opposing connecting parts, and the at least one sensor is secured to one of the connecting parts.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2018Publication date: December 10, 2020Applicant: Otto Bock Healthcare Products GmbHInventors: Christian BREUER-RUESCH, Andreas GRADISCHAR, Juan Pablo MEJIA NINO, Roland AUBERGER, Alexander Noah SPRING
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Publication number: 20200378408Abstract: A hydraulic actuator includes a housing and with a chamber, which is arranged or formed in the housing and in which a piston is mounted movably and divides the chamber into a flexion chamber and an extension chamber. A channel for hydraulic fluid leads from the flexion chamber and the extension chamber into the housing in order to produce a fluidic connection between the flexion chamber and the extension chamber. At least one valve is arranged in the fluidic connection. The channels lead from the housing to a valve block in which the at least one valve is arranged and is fluidically coupled to the channels, and the valve block is connected to the housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 20, 2019Publication date: December 3, 2020Applicant: Otto Bock Healthcare Products GmbHInventors: Juan Pablo MEJIA NINO, Florian GRAFL
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Publication number: 20190298550Abstract: An orthopedic device with a hydraulic damping device, a valve with a valve seat and a valve body that is subjected to a closing force. The closing force is applied via a valve spring that is pre-loaded towards the valve seat. A fluid connection between the hydraulic damping device and the valve seat is provided. The valve features an adjustment device for adjusting the preload of the valve spring.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 15, 2019Publication date: October 3, 2019Applicant: Otto Bock Healthcare Products GmbHInventors: Julian RUMPLER, Kay BODENSTEIN, Juan Pablo MEJIA NINO