Patents by Inventor Lars I. E. Oddsson
Lars I. E. Oddsson 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: 8974402Abstract: A feedback device for measuring balance related information, and for producing a stimulation of the skin that encodes that information in a way that is useful to the wearer of the device. At least one sensor detects balance information and transmits at least one balance information signal to a signal processing subsystem. The signal processing subsystem converts the received balance information signal into at least one stimulation control signal. The signal processing subsystem then transmits the stimulation control signal to at least one stimulator, which provides stimulation to a wearer of the device reflecting the stimulation control signal received from the signal processing subsystem.Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 2003Date of Patent: March 10, 2015Assignee: RxFunction, Inc.Inventors: Lars I. E. Oddsson, Peter F. Meyer
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Patent number: 8851897Abstract: We present a tool that can enhance the concept of BWS training by allowing natural APAs to occur mediolaterally. While in a supine position in a 90 degree tilted environment built around a modified hospital bed, subjects wear a backpack frame that is freely moving on air-hearings, as a puck on an air hockey table, and attached through a cable to a pneumatic cylinder that provides a load that can be set to emulate various G-like loads. Veridical visual input is provided through two 3-D automultiscopic displays that allow glasses free 3-D vision representing a virtual surrounding environment that may be acquired from sites chosen by the patient. Two groups of 12 healthy subjects were exposed to either strength training alone or a combination of strength and balance training in such a tilted environment over a period of four weeks.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 2014Date of Patent: October 7, 2014Inventor: Lars I. E. Oddsson
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Publication number: 20140274624Abstract: We present a tool that can enhance the concept of BWS training by allowing natural APAs to occur mediolaterally. While in a supine position in a 90 degree tilted environment built around a modified hospital bed, subjects wear a backpack frame that is freely moving on air-hearings, as a puck on an air hockey table, and attached through a cable to a pneumatic cylinder that provides a load that can be set to emulate various G-like loads. Veridical visual input is provided through two 3-D automultiscopic displays that allow glasses free 3-D vision representing a virtual surrounding environment that may be acquired from sites chosen by the patient. Two groups of 12 healthy subjects were exposed to either strength training alone or a combination of strength and balance training in such a tilted environment over a period of four weeks.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 3, 2014Publication date: September 18, 2014Inventor: Lars I. E. Oddsson
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Patent number: 8727785Abstract: We present a tool that can enhance the concept of BWS training by allowing natural APAs to occur mediolaterally. While in a supine position in a 90 degree tilted environment built around a modified hospital bed, subjects wear a backpack frame that is freely moving on air-hearings, as a puck on an air hockey table, and attached through a cable to a pneumatic cylinder that provides a load that can be set to emulate various G-like loads. Veridical visual input is provided through two 3-D automultiscopic displays that allow glasses free 3-D vision representing a virtual surrounding environment that may be acquired from sites chosen by the patient. Two groups of 12 healthy subjects were exposed to either strength training alone or a combination of strength and balance training in such a tilted environment over a period of four weeks.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2008Date of Patent: May 20, 2014Inventor: Lars I. E. Oddsson
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Patent number: 8529477Abstract: A sensory data integration system for integrating sensory data generated by a first sensory substitution device and sensory data generated by a second sensory substitution device. The system includes a processor configured to generate an orientation signal indicative of a difference between a subject's orientation and an acceptable orientation. The orientation signal is based on the sensory data generated by the first sensory substitution device and the sensory data generated by the second sensory substitution device.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2012Date of Patent: September 10, 2013Assignees: Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary, The Trustees of Boston UniversityInventors: Conrad Wall, III, Lars I. E. Oddsson, Peter Francis Meyer
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Publication number: 20130030330Abstract: A sensory data integration system for integrating sensory data generated by a first sensory substitution device and sensory data generated by a second sensory substitution device. The system includes a processor configured to generate an orientation signal indicative of a difference between a subject's orientation and an acceptable orientation. The orientation signal is based on the sensory data generated by the first sensory substitution device and the sensory data generated by the second sensory substitution device.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 6, 2012Publication date: January 31, 2013Applicants: THE TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY, MASSACHUSETTS EYE & EAR INFIRMARYInventors: Conrad Wall, III, Lars I.E. Oddsson, Peter Francis Meyer
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Patent number: 8235918Abstract: A sensory data integration system for integrating sensory data generated by a first sensory substitution device and sensory data generated by a second sensory substitution device. The system includes a processor configured to generate an orientation signal indicative of a difference between a subject's orientation and an acceptable orientation. The orientation signal is based on the sensory data generated by the first sensory substitution device and the sensory data generated by the second sensory substitution device.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2006Date of Patent: August 7, 2012Assignees: Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary, The Trustees of Boston UniversityInventors: Conrad Wall, III, Lars I. E. Oddsson, Peter Francis Meyer
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Publication number: 20100210978Abstract: We present a tool that can enhance the concept of BWS training by allowing natural APAs to occur mediolaterally. While in a supine position in a 90 degree tilted environment built around a modified hospital bed, subjects wear a backpack frame that is freely moving on air-hearings, as a puck on an air hockey table, and attached through a cable to a pneumatic cylinder that provides a load that can be set to emulate various G-like loads. Veridical visual input is provided through two 3-D automultiscopic displays that allow glasses free 3-D vision representing a virtual surrounding environment that may be acquired from sites chosen by the patient. Two groups of 12 healthy subjects were exposed to either strength training alone or a combination of strength and balance training in such a tilted environment over a period of four weeks.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 30, 2008Publication date: August 19, 2010Applicant: Trustees of Boston UniversityInventor: Lars I.E. Oddsson
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Publication number: 20080140137Abstract: A sensory data integration system for integrating sensory data generated by a first sensory substitution device and sensory data generated by a second sensory substitution device. The system includes a processor configured to generate an orientation signal indicative of a difference between a subject's orientation and an acceptable orientation. The orientation signal is based on the sensory data generated by the first sensory substitution device and the sensory data generated by the second sensory substitution device.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2006Publication date: June 12, 2008Inventors: Conrad Wall, III, Lars I.E. Oddsson, Peter Francis Meyer
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Patent number: 6119530Abstract: A force sensing device for use in analyzing the movement of a person or animal. The device includes a base and a platform supported on the base by ball casters. The platform includes first and second plates with pneumatic tubing positioned between the plates. Forces on the platform result in compression of the pneumatic tubing, and the corresponding pressure changes in the pneumatic tubing are measured by associated pressure transducers. The device includes side rails which extend upwardly from the base and surround the platform. The side rails each include first and second plates with pneumatic tubing positioned between the plates. Side-to-side movement of the platform against the side rails results in compression of the pneumatic tubing in the side rails, and associated pressure transducers measure the corresponding pressure changes. The measurements from the pressure transducers are converted into force measurements and used to analyze the movement of the person or animal.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 1998Date of Patent: September 19, 2000Assignee: Biomotions, Inc.Inventors: Lars I. E. Oddsson, Charles M. Cardoza