Patents by Inventor Anna Sibylla Dymphna VAN DER WILK

Anna Sibylla Dymphna VAN DER WILK 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).

  • ANKLE FOOT ORTHOSIS
    Publication number: 20240082038
    Abstract: An ankle foot orthosis having a lower leg element, a foot element, and a first energy storing unit being adapted such that moving the foot element relative to the lower leg element in dorsiflexion direction from a position in which the amount of energy stored in the first energy storing unit is minimal loads the first energy storing unit with energy. The first energy storing unit is adapted such that the amount of energy stored in the first energy storing unit is increased by moving the foot element relative to the lower leg element in a plantar flexion direction from a first position in which the amount of energy stored in the first energy storing unit is minimal into a second position and moving the foot element relative to the lower leg element in dorsiflexion direction from the second position back into the first position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Anna Sibylla Dymphna VAN DER WILK, Roy REINTS, Gijsbertus Jacob VERKERKE, Juha Markus HIJMANS, Klaas POSTEMA
  • Ankle foot orthosis
    Patent number: 11819437
    Abstract: An ankle foot orthosis having a lower leg element, a foot element being pivotably coupled to the lower leg element around a pivot axis, and a first energy storing unit being adapted such that moving the foot element relative to the lower leg element in dorsiflexion direction from a position in which the amount of energy stored in the first energy storing unit is minimal loads the first energy storing unit with energy. The first energy storing unit is adapted such that the amount of energy stored in the first energy storing unit is increased by moving the foot element relative to the lower leg element in a plantar flexion direction from a first position in which the amount of energy stored in the first energy storing unit is minimal into a second position and moving the foot element relative to the lower leg element in dorsiflexion direction from the second position back into the first position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: OTTOBOCK SE & CO. KGAA
    Inventors: Anna Sibylla Dymphna Van Der Wilk, Roy Reints, Gijsbertus Jacob Verkerke, Juha Markus Hijmans, Klaas Postema
  • ANKLE FOOT ORTHOSIS
    Publication number: 20190298564
    Abstract: An ankle foot orthosis having a lower leg element, a foot element being pivotably coupled to the lower leg element around a pivot axis, and a first energy storing unit being adapted such that moving the foot element relative to the lower leg element in dorsiflexion direction from a position in which the amount of energy stored in the first energy storing unit is minimal loads the first energy storing unit with energy. The first energy storing unit is adapted such that the amount of energy stored in the first energy storing unit is increased by moving the foot element relative to the lower leg element in a plantar flexion direction from a first position in which the amount of energy stored in the first energy storing unit is minimal into a second position and moving the foot element relative to the lower leg element in dorsiflexion direction from the second position back into the first position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2016
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Applicant: Ottobock SE & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Anna Sibylla Dymphna VAN DER WILK, Roy REINTS, Gijsbertus Jacob VERKERKE, Juha Markus HIJMANS, Klaas POSTEMA