Patents Examined by Danielle A. Stark
  • Patent number: 11351037
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a vertebral body implant including a flexible main body and at least one pedicle screw joint. The flexible main body is an integrally formed single piece having at least one joint-accommodating hole and at least one opening connected to the at least one joint-accommodating hole. The pedicle screw joint is an integrally formed single piece movably accommodated in the at least one joint-accommodating hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignees: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL
    Inventors: Fang-Jie Jang, Pei-I Tsai, De-Yau Lin, An-Li Chen, Fon-Yih Tsuang, Chih-Chieh Huang, Hsin-Hsin Shen
  • Patent number: 11135075
    Abstract: To provide a bioabsorbable stent including: a first tubular unit containing a plurality of cells coupled to each other, each of the cells formed from substantially linear parts and a substantially circular arc part and having a substantially U shape which opens to one end in the axial direction of the stent; and a second tubular unit having the same shape as that of the first tubular unit, the second tubular unit containing a plurality of cells each of which has a substantially U shape which opens to a direction opposite to the opening direction of the opposing first cell. The first tubular unit and the second tubular unit are alternately arranged in sequence to surround a central axis of the stent. Coupling members couple substantially linear parts in some of the opposing cells in the respective neighboring tubular units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignees: KAKE EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE, JAPAN MEDICAL DEVICE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ichiro Shimizu, Akira Wada, Makoto Sasaki
  • Patent number: 11071675
    Abstract: A lower limb exoskeleton system includes a back frame, hip joint movement mechanisms, telescopic thigh bars, knee joint movement mechanisms, shank bars, foot jump-down cushioning mechanisms, a waist binding frame, upper leg binding frames and lower leg binding frames. Two protruding ends of the back frame are connected with a top end of each of the telescopic thigh bars respectively via the hip joint movement mechanisms, bottom ends of the telescopic thigh bars are connected with a top end of the corresponding shank bars respectively via the knee joint movement mechanisms, and bottom ends of the shank bars are connected with the foot jump-down cushioning mechanisms. The waist binding frame is arranged on an inner side of a horizontal part of the back frame, and the upper leg binding frames and the lower leg binding frames are arranged on the telescopic thigh bars and the shank bars respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Hong Wang, Hao Tang, Hailong Xi, Chong Liu, Kang Li, Jingyi Qin