Patents by Inventor Tyler Butel
Tyler Butel 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: 11285025Abstract: A prosthetic foot assembly is disclosed. The assembly includes a pivoting ankle joint with a hydraulic system, a prosthetic foot connected to the distal side of the ankle joint, and, at the proximal side, the ankle joint includes a transducer with pyramid adaptor for attaching to a pylon. The ankle joint sensor provides data collection during the stance and optionally, the swing, phases of walking using, for example, strain gages and accelerometers. Also disclosed are methods for real-time feature extraction. Key parameters are captured to which are applied linear, fuzzy logic, neural net, or generic algorithms to determine current state (walking flat, uphill, downhill etc.) in real time and execute changes to the angle between the ankle and foot almost instantaneously based on those parameters.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2019Date of Patent: March 29, 2022Inventors: Adam Arabian, David Alan Boone, Ben Gilbert Macomber, Tyler Butel, Robert Dustin Lane
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Publication number: 20190269529Abstract: A prosthetic foot assembly is disclosed. The assembly includes a pivoting ankle joint with a hydraulic system, a prosthetic foot connected to the distal side of the ankle joint, and, at the proximal side, the ankle joint includes a transducer with pyramid adaptor for attaching to a pylon. The ankle joint sensor provides data collection during the stance and optionally, the swing, phases of walking using, for example, strain gages and accelerometers. Also disclosed are methods for real-time feature extraction. Key parameters are captured to which are applied linear, fuzzy logic, neural net, or generic algorithms to determine current state (walking flat, uphill, downhill etc.) in real time and execute changes to the angle between the ankle and foot almost instantaneously based on those parameters.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 22, 2019Publication date: September 5, 2019Applicant: OTTOBOCK SE & CO. KGAAInventors: Adam ARABIAN, David Alan BOONE, Ben Gilbert MACOMBER, Tyler BUTEL, Robert Dustin LANE
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Patent number: 10314724Abstract: A prosthetic foot assembly is disclosed. The assembly includes a pivoting ankle joint with a hydraulic system, a prosthetic foot connected to the distal side of the ankle joint, and, at the proximal side, the ankle joint includes a transducer with pyramid adaptor for attaching to a pylon. The ankle joint sensor provides data collection during the stance and optionally, the swing, phases of walking using, for example, strain gages and accelerometers. Also disclosed are methods for real-time feature extraction. Key parameters are captured to which are applied linear, fuzzy logic, neural net, or generic algorithms to determine current state (walking flat, uphill, downhill etc.) in real time and execute changes to the angle between the ankle and foot almost instantaneously based on those parameters.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2017Date of Patent: June 11, 2019Assignee: Ottobock SE & Co. KGaAInventors: Adam Arabian, David Alan Boone, Ben Gilbert Macomber, Tyler Butel, Robert Dustin Lane
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Publication number: 20180078389Abstract: A prosthetic foot assembly is disclosed. The assembly includes a pivoting ankle joint with a hydraulic system, a prosthetic foot connected to the distal side of the ankle joint, and, at the proximal side, the ankle joint includes a transducer with pyramid adaptor for attaching to a pylon. The ankle joint sensor provides data collection during the stance and optionally, the swing, phases of walking using, for example, strain gages and accelerometers. Also disclosed are methods for real-time feature extraction. Key parameters are captured to which are applied linear, fuzzy logic, neural net, or generic algorithms to determine current state (walking flat, uphill, downhill etc.) in real time and execute changes to the angle between the ankle and foot almost instantaneously based on those parameters.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 10, 2017Publication date: March 22, 2018Applicant: Otto Bock HealthCare GmbHInventors: Adam Arabian, David Alan Boone, Ben Gilbert Macomber, Tyler Butel, Robert Dustin Lane
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Patent number: 9820871Abstract: A prosthetic foot assembly is disclosed. The assembly includes a pivoting ankle joint with a hydraulic system, a prosthetic foot connected to the distal side of the ankle joint, and, at the proximal side, the ankle joint includes a transducer with pyramid adaptor for attaching to a pylon. The ankle joint sensor provides data collection during the stance and optionally, the swing, phases of walking using, for example, strain gages and accelerometers. Also disclosed are methods for real-time feature extraction. Key parameters are captured to which are applied linear, fuzzy logic, neural net, or generic algorithms to determine current state (walking flat, uphill, downhill etc.) in real time and execute changes to the angle between the ankle and foot almost instantaneously based on those parameters.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 2012Date of Patent: November 21, 2017Assignee: OTTO BOCK HEALTHCARE GMBHInventors: Adam Arabian, David Alan Boone, Ben Gilbert Macomber, Tyler Butel, Robert Dustin Lane
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Patent number: 9016608Abstract: A locking retractor is disclosed, as are stretchers and cots using the retractor to secure a patient. The retractor includes structure for locking the retractor spool to prevent rotation in both directions. However, a cam is coupled to the shaft and is arranged relative to the locking structure to prevent the spool from locking during an initial portion of the spool's rotation, until a first locking point is reached. Once the first locking point has been reached, a clutch prevents the locking structure from engaging while the spool is still rotating, but the locking structure will engage to lock the spool in both directions once active rotation stops. A user-actuatable lever is provided externally that disengages the locking structure when actuated to allow the spool to extend and retract freely.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2013Date of Patent: April 28, 2015Assignee: Intertek Industrial CorporationInventors: Scott Bradley, Jeff Fields, Chase Parish, Tyler Butel
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Publication number: 20140217764Abstract: A locking retractor is disclosed, as are stretchers and cots using the retractor to secure a patient. The retractor includes structure for locking the retractor spool to prevent rotation in both directions. However, a cam is coupled to the shaft and is arranged relative to the locking structure to prevent the spool from locking during an initial portion of the spool's rotation, until a first locking point is reached. Once the first locking point has been reached, a clutch prevents the locking structure from engaging while the spool is still rotating, but the locking structure will engage to lock the spool in both directions once active rotation stops. A user-actuatable lever is provided externally that disengages the locking structure when actuated to allow the spool to extend and retract freely.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2013Publication date: August 7, 2014Inventors: Scott Bradley, Jeff Fields, Chase Parish, Tyler Butel
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Publication number: 20130173022Abstract: A prosthetic foot assembly is disclosed. The assembly includes a pivoting ankle joint with a hydraulic system, a prosthetic foot connected to the distal side of the ankle joint, and, at the proximal side, the ankle joint includes a transducer with pyramid adaptor for attaching to a pylon. The ankle joint sensor provides data collection during the stance and optionally, the swing, phases of walking using, for example, strain gages and accelerometers. Also disclosed are methods for real-time feature extraction. Key parameters are captured to which are applied linear, fuzzy logic, neural net, or generic algorithms to determine current state (walking flat, uphill, downhill etc.) in real time and execute changes to the angle between the ankle and foot almost instantaneously based on those parameters.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 2, 2012Publication date: July 4, 2013Applicant: ORTHOCARE INNOVATIONS LLCInventors: Adam Arabian, David Alan Boone, Ben Gilbert Macomber, Tyler Butel, Robert Dustin Lane
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Patent number: 8303670Abstract: A vacuum pump system for a prosthesis includes an enhanced suspension mechanism and incorporates a vacuum pump system, an adaptor assembly, circuitry, and a power source. A virtually air-tight seal between a residual limb and a socket of the prosthesis allows a vacuum fit to be generated by the pump system. The pump system may be controlled with various circuits and processors receiving instructions from a software program. The pump system may be located within a pylon, but yet remain vibrationally and acoustically de-coupled from the pylon.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2010Date of Patent: November 6, 2012Assignee: OrthoCare Innovations, LLCInventors: James Jay Martin, Tyler Butel, Michael Markmiller, Matt Kozlowski, David Boone
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Publication number: 20110046748Abstract: A vacuum pump system for a prosthesis includes an enhanced suspension mechanism and incorporates a vacuum pump system, an adaptor assembly, circuitry, and a power source. A virtually air-tight seal between a residual limb and a socket of the prosthesis allows a vacuum fit to be generated by the pump system. The pump system may be controlled with various circuits and processors receiving instructions from a software program. The pump system may be located within a pylon, but yet remain vibrationally and acoustically de-coupled from the pylon.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 1, 2010Publication date: February 24, 2011Applicant: ORTHOCARE INNOVATIONS, LLCInventors: James Jay Martin, Tyler Butel, Michael Markmiller, Matt Kozlowski, David Boone