Patents by Inventor Judd A. Katz

Judd A. Katz 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).

  • Tactile stimulus receptor for a hand prosthesis
    Patent number: 4808187
    Abstract: A means and method for tactile stimulus reception for use with a myoelectric prosthesis includes a pressure transducer positioned on the prosthesis. The pressure transducer senses the level of pressure experienced by the gripping portion of the prosthesis and converts the sensed pressure into a corresponding signal. A pressure stimulus member is positionable upon the user and creates a pressure stimulus proportionally corresponding to the sensed pressure of the pressure transducer by utilizing the signal from the pressure transducer. The pressure stimulus is tactile so that the user can be given direct tactile pressure stimulation corresponding directly with the pressure sensed by the pressure transducer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 1987
    Date of Patent: February 28, 1989
    Assignee: Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Patrick E. Patterson, Judd A. Katz