Patents by Inventor Lars Benjamin FINKE
Lars Benjamin FINKE 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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Publication number: 20240148525Abstract: The invention relates to an orthopaedic socket for bearing on and for receiving a limb stump or a limb, having at least one socket wall (2), a proximal access opening (3), a distal end (4) and at least one fastening device (5) which is arranged for fastening at least one distal orthopaedic component (6) to the socket (1), wherein at least one stiffening element (40) is arranged or formed on or in the socket wall (2), said stiffening element being assigned an adjustment device (30) and by means of which a stiffness of the socket wall (2) is reversibly variable at least in certain regions.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2022Publication date: May 9, 2024Inventors: Mario KOPPE, Stefan REINELT, Lars Benjamin FINKE, Leonard VIER, Johannes SIEGEL
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Patent number: 11974931Abstract: An enveloping body for at least partly enveloping a limb, comprising an enclosed volume and a connection for supplying fluid to the volume and discharging it from the volume, wherein the enveloping body defines an inner circumference and an outer circumference, wherein the inner circumference of the enveloping body increases as the pressure of the volume increases.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2017Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Assignee: OTTOBOCK SE & CO. KGAAInventor: Lars Benjamin Finke
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Publication number: 20230346576Abstract: A prosthesis socket having a proximal insertion opening and an inner circumference which at least partially surrounds a limb stump, at least one connection device for a prosthesis component, which is connectable to the prosthesis sockets at least one actuator operable to change the inner circumference of the prosthesis socket, and at least one sensor coupled to a control device, wherein the control device is connected to the actuator and activates or deactivates same, depending on the received sensor signals, and to a method for adjusting the inner circumference.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 3, 2023Publication date: November 2, 2023Applicant: OTTOBOCK SE & CO. KGAAInventors: Christian WILL, Lars Benjamin FINKE, Sebastian BETZ
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Publication number: 20230347573Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a three-dimensional object by means of an additive manufacturing process in which a manufacturing material is fed in a free-flowing state through at least one feed-in opening of at least one feed-in needle into a supporting material and then cured, the feed-in opening being configured in such a way that manufacturing material can be fed through it into the supporting material along a feed-in line, wherein the feed-in needle moves from a starting position to an end position that are so close together that the feed-in needle moves along an at least almost closed path, wherein the course, the extension and/or the length of the feed-in line is selected such that the three-dimensional object is produced with a single revolution of the feed-in needle.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 1, 2021Publication date: November 2, 2023Inventor: Lars Benjamin FINKE
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Publication number: 20230249403Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a three-dimensional objects by means of an additive manufacturing process in which at least one manufacturing material is fed in a free-flowing state from at least one feed-in opening of at least one feed-in needle into a supporting material and then cured, the manufacturing material being introduced in multiple layers one after the other, wherein the feed-in needle comprises at least one tool by which at least one previous layer is machined when a current layer of the manufacturing material is introduced.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 8, 2021Publication date: August 10, 2023Inventors: Mario KOPPE, Lars Benjamin FINKE
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Publication number: 20230226750Abstract: A method for producing a three-dimensional object by an additive manufacturing process includes introducing at least one manufacturing material fed in a flowable state from at least one feed-in opening of at least one feed-in needle into a supporting material. After being fed in, the at least one manufacturing material is cured, but it remains flexible or elastic after curing. The contour and/or position of at least one part of the three-dimensional object within the support material is detected by at least one sensor.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2022Publication date: July 20, 2023Inventors: Olaf KROLL-ORYWAHL, Lars Benjamin FINKE, Leonard VIER
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Patent number: 11617667Abstract: A prosthesis socket having a proximal insertion opening and an inner circumference which at least partially surrounds a limb stump, at least one connection device for a prosthesis component, which is connectable to the prosthesis socket, at least one actuator operable to change the inner circumference of the prosthesis socket, and at least one sensor coupled to a control device, wherein the control device is connected to the actuator and activates or deactivates same, depending on the received sensor signals, and to a method for adjusting the inner circumference.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2017Date of Patent: April 4, 2023Assignee: OTTOBOCK SE & CO. KGAAInventors: Christian Will, Lars Benjamin Finke, Sebastian Betz
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Publication number: 20220226129Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a prosthetic liner for insertion into a prosthetic socket, which comprises a receptacle having a distal end and a proximal edge for a residual limb and the prosthetic liner. Said The method comprises determining a sealing lip contour on the outer face of the prosthetic liner which corresponds to a height contour of the proximal edge of the prosthetic socket, or on the basis of available, known anatomic characteristics of the residual limb and arranging a sealing lipon the outer face of the prosthetic liner along the determined sealing lip contour.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 20, 2020Publication date: July 21, 2022Applicant: OTTOBOCK SE & CO. KGAAInventor: Lars Benjamin FINKE
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Publication number: 20220104954Abstract: The invention relates to an orthopedic device comprising a main part with a first surface which is provided with at least one adhesive region. At least one recess is provided in the main part, said at least one recess being at least partly formed behind the adhesive region and being provided with a pressure and/or suction connection. The first surface is designed to be at least partly suctioned into the recess when negative pressure is applied in the at least one recess and or pushed out when positive pressure is applied.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 2, 2019Publication date: April 7, 2022Applicant: Ottobock SE & Co. KGAAInventor: Lars Benjamin FINKE
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Publication number: 20220031551Abstract: A device for supporting at least one arm of a user, has one or more arm support elements, each of which has an arm shell for mounting on an arm. Passive actuator(s) are configured to exert a force on an arm support element by way of which an upward movement of the arm in the arm shell is supported when the device is in the mounted state. The device includes at least one counter bearing for the force to be applied, and at least one actuating element, the actuation of which allows the actuator to be moved into a first state where the actuator exerts the force on the at least one arm support element, and into a second state in which it exerts a smaller or no force on the arm support element.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2021Publication date: February 3, 2022Inventors: Lars Benjamin Finke, Olaf Kroll-Orywahl, Markus Tüttemann, Michael Bremer, Maximilian Anton Merker, Oliver Mizera, Markus Mladek, Fabienne Röschel, Benjamin Schirrmeister, Carsten Vogel, Jonas Bornmann, Michael Lanzinger, Simon Käsmann, Pascal SCHWEDHELM
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Publication number: 20220031480Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing an orthopedic device, particularly a prosthesis liner, characterized in that the orthopedic device is produced at least partially by means of an additive manufacturing process from at least one production material that is introduced into a support material in a flowable state and then hardens.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 5, 2019Publication date: February 3, 2022Applicant: Ottobock SE & Co. KGaAInventors: Ingrid Bause, Thomas Bertels, Sebastian Betz, Sarah Bierbaum, Lukas Brünjes, Hendryk Engelbart, Lars Benjamin Finke, Martin Hillman, Christian Müller
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Publication number: 20220023072Abstract: The invention relates to an enveloping body for at least partially enveloping a limb, having an enclosed volume and a connection for supplying and removing fluid to the volume or from the volume, wherein the enveloping body forms an inner circumference and an outer circumference; on the enveloping body reinforcement elements are arranged that are designed to be brought into contact as a result of the removal of fluid from the volume or to increase their contact with one another as a result of the removal of liquid.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 26, 2019Publication date: January 27, 2022Applicant: Ottobock SE & Co. KGAAInventors: Hendryk ENGELBART, Lars Benjamin FINKE
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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: 20210338457Abstract: The invention relates to an enveloping body for at least partially recording a contour of a limb, wherein the enveloping body has a base body, and at least one sensor that is configured to record measurement data which can be used to determine a distance and/or relative position between two points in or on the base body.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 4, 2019Publication date: November 4, 2021Applicant: OTTOBOCK SE & CO. KGAAInventors: Erik ALBRECHT-LAATSCH, Michael NOLTE, Jens DRIESEBERG, Christian WILL, Sebastian BETZ, Hendryk ENGELBART, Lars Benjamin FINKE, Thilo-Mathias BIELEFELD
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Publication number: 20210275380Abstract: A device for supporting at least one arm of a user, has one or more arm support elements, each of which has an arm shell for mounting on an arm. Passive actuator(s) are configured to exert a force on an arm support element by way of which an upward movement of the arm in the arm shell is supported when the device is in the mounted state. The device includes at least one counter bearing for the force to be applied, and at least one actuating element, the actuation of which allows the actuator to be moved into a first state where the actuator exerts the force on the at least one arm support element, and into a second state in which it exerts a smaller or no force on the arm support element.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2021Publication date: September 9, 2021Inventors: Lars Benjamin Finke, Olaf Kroll-Orywahl, Klaus Lidolt, Matthias Vollbrecht, Adam Wehsely-Swiczinsky, Markus Tüttemann, Tim Kruchem, Annedore Kurzweg, Michael Bremer, Maximilian Anton Merker, René Wiederhold, Oliver Mizera, Markus Mladek, Fabienne Röschel, Matthias Ritschl
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Patent number: 11096805Abstract: A liner for a prosthesis, wherein the liner is made of a liner material and comprises a proximal opening for accommodating an amputation stump, a distal end, a longitudinal direction, which extends from the proximal opening to the distal end, and an auxetic material The auxetic material is a two-dimensional-auxetic material, which is arranged in such a way that an extension of the liner in the longitudinal direction leads to an expansion of a diameter of the liner.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2018Date of Patent: August 24, 2021Inventor: Lars Benjamin Finke
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Publication number: 20200100920Abstract: A liner for a prosthesis, wherein the liner is made of a liner material and comprises a proximal opening for accommodating an amputation stump, a distal end, a longitudinal direction, which extends from the proximal opening to the distal end, and an auxetic material The auxetic material is a two-dimensional-auxetic material, which is arranged in such a way that an extension of the liner in the longitudinal direction leads to an expansion of a diameter of the liner.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 19, 2018Publication date: April 2, 2020Applicant: Ottobock SE & Co. KGaAInventor: Lars Benjamin FINKE
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Publication number: 20190183663Abstract: A prosthesis socket having a proximal insertion opening and an inner circumference which at least partially surrounds a limb stump, at least one connection device for a prosthesis component, which is connectable to the prosthesis socket, at least one actuator, by means of which the inner circumference of the prosthesis socket is changeable, and at least one sensor coupled to a control device, wherein the control device is connected to the actuator and activates or deactivates same, depending on the received sensor signals, and to a method for adjusting the inner circumference.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 8, 2017Publication date: June 20, 2019Applicant: OTTOBOCK SE & CO. KGAAInventors: Christian WILL, Lars Benjamin FINKE
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Publication number: 20190117419Abstract: An enveloping body for at least partly enveloping a limb, comprising an enclosed volume and a connection for supplying fluid to the volume and discharging it from the volume, wherein the enveloping body defines an inner circumference and an outer circumference, wherein the inner circumference of the enveloping body increases as the pressure of the volume increases.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 25, 2017Publication date: April 25, 2019Applicant: OTTOBOCK SE & CO. KGAAInventor: Lars Benjamin FINKE