Patents by Inventor Brandon Grant GERBERICH

Brandon Grant GERBERICH 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).

  • Portable prosthetic hand with soft pneumatic fingers
    Patent number: 10548745
    Abstract: A finger actuator, includes a plurality of fluidically interconnected inflatable chambers, wherein each chamber comprises outer walls having an embedded extensible layer selected to constrain radial expansion and freestanding inner walls; and an inextensible layer connected to the chambers at a base of the chambers, the inextensible layer comprising a flexible polymer and having an embedded inextensible layer that extends along the length of the finger actuator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: President and Fellows of Harvard College
    Inventors: Bobak Mosadegh, Brandon Grant Gerberich, George M. Whitesides
  • Portable Prosthetic Hand With Soft Pneumatic Fingers
    Publication number: 20170290681
    Abstract: A finger actuator, includes a plurality of fluidically interconnected inflatable chambers, wherein each chamber comprises outer walls having an embedded extensible layer selected to constrain radial expansion and freestanding inner walls; and an inextensible layer connected to the chambers at a base of the chambers, the inextensible layer comprising a flexible polymer and having an embedded inextensible layer that extends along the length of the finger actuator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2017
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Inventors: Bobak MOSADEGH, Brandon Grant GERBERICH, George M. WHITESIDES
  • Portable prosthetic hand with soft pneumatic fingers
    Patent number: 9687362
    Abstract: A finger actuator, includes a plurality of fluidically interconnected inflatable chambers, wherein each chamber comprises outer walls having an embedded extensible layer selected to constrain radial expansion and freestanding inner walls; and an inextensible layer connected to the chambers at a base of the chambers, the inextensible layer comprising a flexible polymer and having an embedded inextensible layer that extends along the length of the finger actuator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: President and Fellows of Harvard College
    Inventors: Bobak Mosadegh, Brandon Grant Gerberich, George M. Whitesides
  • PORTABLE PROSTHETIC HAND WITH SOFT PNEUMATIC FINGERS
    Publication number: 20150351936
    Abstract: A finger actuator, includes a plurality of fluidically interconnected inflatable chambers, wherein each chamber comprises outer walls having an embedded extensible layer selected to constrain radial expansion and freestanding inner walls; and an inextensible layer connected to the chambers at a base of the chambers, the inextensible layer comprising a flexible polymer and having an embedded inextensible layer that extends along the length of the finger actuator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2015
    Publication date: December 10, 2015
    Inventors: Bobak MOSADEGH, Brandon Grant GERBERICH, George M. WHITESIDES