Patents by Inventor Olaf Bleck

Olaf Bleck 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).

  • Control system for prosthetic knee
    Patent number: 7799091
    Abstract: The invention relates to an automated speed-adaptive and patient-adaptive control scheme and system for a knee prosthesis. The control scheme and system utilizes sensory information measured local to the prosthesis to automatically adjust stance and swing phase knee resistances to a particular wearer under a wide variety of locomotory activities. Advantageously, no patient-specific information needs to be pre-programmed into the prosthetic knee by a prosthetist or the patient. The system is able to adapt to various types of disturbances once the patient leaves the prosthetist's facility because it is patient-adaptive and speed-adaptive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2010
    Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Hugh M. Herr, Ari Wilkenfeld, Olaf Bleck
  • CONTROL SYSTEM FOR PROSTHETIC KNEE
    Publication number: 20080114272
    Abstract: The invention relates to an automated speed-adaptive and patient-adaptive control scheme and system for a knee prosthesis. The control scheme and system utilizes sensory information measured local to the prosthesis to automatically adjust stance and swing phase knee resistances to a particular wearer under a wide variety of locomotory activities. Advantageously, no patient-specific information needs to be pre-programmed into the prosthetic knee by a prosthetist or the patient. The system is able to adapt to various types of disturbances once the patient leaves the prosthetist's facility because it is patient-adaptive and speed-adaptive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2007
    Publication date: May 15, 2008
    Applicant: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Hugh M. Herr, Ari Wilkenfeld, Olaf Bleck
  • Speed-adaptive and patient-adaptive prosthetic knee
    Patent number: 7279009
    Abstract: The invention relates to an automated speed-adaptive and patient-adaptive control scheme and system for a knee prosthesis. The control scheme and system utilizes sensory information measured local to the prosthesis to automatically adjust stance and swing phase knee resistances to a particular wearer under a wide variety of locomotory activities. Advantageously, no patient-specific information needs to be pre-programmed into the prosthetic knee by a prosthetist or the patient. The system is able to adapt to various types of disturbances once the patient leaves the prosthetist's facility because it is patient-adaptive and speed-adaptive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2007
    Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Hugh M. Herr, Ari Wilkenfeld, Olaf Bleck
  • Speed-adaptive and patient-adaptive prosthetic knee
    Publication number: 20040039454
    Abstract: The invention relates to an automated speed-adaptive and patient-adaptive control scheme and system for a knee prosthesis. The control scheme and system utilizes sensory information measured local to the prosthesis to automatically adjust stance and swing phase knee resistances to a particular wearer under a wide variety of locomotory activities. Advantageously, no patient-specific information needs to be pre-programmed into the prosthetic knee by a prosthetist or the patient. The system is able to adapt to various types of disturbances once the patient leaves the prosthetist's facility because it is patient-adaptive and speed-adaptive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2003
    Publication date: February 26, 2004
    Inventors: Hugh M. Herr, Ari Wilkenfeld, Olaf Bleck
  • Speed-adaptive and patient-adaptive prosthetic knee
    Patent number: 6610101
    Abstract: The invention relates to an automated speed-adaptive and patient-adaptive control scheme and system for a knee prosthesis. The control scheme and system utilizes sensory information measured local to the prosthesis to automatically adjust stance and swing phase knee resistances to a particular wearer under a wide variety of locomotory activities. Advantageously, no patient-specific information needs to be pre-programmed into the prosthetic knee by a prosthetist or the patient. The system is able to adapt to various types of disturbances once the patient leaves the prosthetist's facility because it is patient-adaptive and speed-adaptive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2003
    Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Hugh M. Herr, Ari Wilkenfeld, Olaf Bleck
  • Speed-adaptive and patient-adaptive prosthetic knee
    Publication number: 20020052663
    Abstract: The invention relates to an automated speed-adaptive and patient-adaptive control scheme and system for a knee prosthesis. The control scheme and system utilizes sensory information measured local to the prosthesis to automatically adjust stance and swing phase knee resistances to a particular wearer under a wide variety of locomotory activities. Advantageously, no patient-specific information needs to be pre-programmed into the prosthetic knee by a prosthetist or the patient. The system is able to adapt to various types of disturbances once the patient leaves the prosthetist's facility because it is patient-adaptive and speed-adaptive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2001
    Publication date: May 2, 2002
    Inventors: Hugh M. Herr, Ari Wilkenfeld, Olaf Bleck