Patents by Inventor Moacir Schnapp

Moacir Schnapp 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).

  • Publication number: 20120238920
    Abstract: The apparatus provides active and passive exercise to the hand and wrist of a patient afflicted with the symptoms of reflex sympathetic dystrophy. The apparatus employs a hand or wrist glove to be worn by the patient's affected hand, the back of which is attached through an arm to a central post and the distal portion encasing the fingers, is attached to a vertical handle, which is rotated about the post, serving as the axis of rotation. A torque sensor is coupled to the motor shaft to measure the degree of patient input from a programmed speed and force rate by sensing the active input of the patient and reducing the motor input to the cycle allowing the patient to “drive” the exercise.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2011
    Publication date: September 20, 2012
    Applicant: NOVOKINETICS, LLC
    Inventors: Moacir Schnapp, Kit S. Mays, Margaret J. Hwang, Matthew A. Trimble
  • Publication number: 20090054814
    Abstract: The present claimed subject matter teaches a posture monitoring device. The device includes a tilt sensor, an alarm, and a recording device to track changes in posture. The device has been designed to overcome the currently existing problems associated with other devices that detect poor postures. The device also includes the ability to easily modify the target posture angle and the amount of time during which poor posture is detected prior to activation of the alarm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2008
    Publication date: February 26, 2009
    Inventors: ELMA O. SCHNAPP, MOACIR SCHNAPP, ERIC C. SCHNAPP, WILLIAM D. SCHNAPP, DENISE E. SCHNAPP
  • Publication number: 20060195051
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a posture monitoring device. The device includes a tilt sensor, an alarm, and a recording device to track the changes in posture. The device has been designed to overcome the currently existing problems associated with other devices that detect poor posture. The device also includes the ability to modify the target posture angle and the amount of time during which poor posture is detected prior to activation of the alarm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2005
    Publication date: August 31, 2006
    Inventors: Elma Schnapp, Moacir Schnapp, Eric Schnapp, William Schnapp, Denise Schnapp
  • Patent number: 6149612
    Abstract: The apparatus provides active and passive exercise to the hand, wrist and forearm of the patient. It has dual handles and an attached inertia apparatus such that both the affected arm and the non affected arm are subjected to the therapy. It is theorized that in the retraining of nerve, muscle and ligament/tendon function there is cross-training of right-left part of the systems and the healthy system can assist the afflicted part of the system in retraining. The apparatus addresses specifically the range of motion of the wrist, both for flexion-extension and pronation-supination. For pronation-supination, two conical handles, one for each hand is attached through an axis to a gear system connected to a flywheel. The gear/flywheel system allows for clockwise and counterclockwise rotations of the flywheel. The patient puts the system in motion by rotating the handles in either a clockwise or counterclockwise direction. The rotary (oscillating) motion is transferred to the flywheel through the gears.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2000
    Inventors: Moacir Schnapp, Kit S. Mays