Patents by Inventor Dane J. Langer

Dane J. Langer 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).

  • Treadmill with integrated walking rehabilitation device
    Patent number: 9981157
    Abstract: A treadmill for providing walking rehabilitation to a rehabilitee is provided. The treadmill includes a base including a belt, a motor interconnected with the belt, and a walking rehabilitation device interconnected with the base. The motor causes the belt to rotate in a first direction. The walking rehabilitation device includes a user engagement structure configured to be removably secured to one or more locations of a rehabilitee's extremities. The walking rehabilitation device further includes a transmission interconnecting the motor and the user engagement structure, the transmission transferring motion from the motor to the rehabilitee via the user engagement structure, allowing the rehabilitee to walk along the belt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: Woodway USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Douglas G. Bayerlein, Nicholas A. Oblamski, Robert L. Zimpel, Dane J. Langer, Jose D. Bernal-Ramirez
  • TREADMILL WITH INTEGRATED WALKING REHABILITATION DEVICE
    Publication number: 20150087484
    Abstract: A treadmill for providing walking rehabilitation to a rehabilitee is provided. The treadmill includes a base including a belt, a motor interconnected with the belt, and a walking rehabilitation device interconnected with the base. The motor causes the belt to rotate in a first direction. The walking rehabilitation device includes a user engagement structure configured to be removably secured to one or more locations of a rehabilitee's extremities. The walking rehabilitation device further includes a transmission interconnecting the motor and the user engagement structure, the transmission transferring motion from the motor to the rehabilitee via the user engagement structure, allowing the rehabilitee to walk along the belt.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2014
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Applicant: WOODWAY USA, INC.
    Inventors: Douglas G. Bayerlein, Nicholas A. Oblamski, Robert L. Zimpel, Dane J. Langer, Jose D. Bernal-Ramirez
  • Treadmill with integrated walking rehabilitation device
    Patent number: 8920347
    Abstract: A treadmill for providing walking rehabilitation to a rehabilitee is provided. The treadmill includes a base including a belt, a motor interconnected with the belt, and a walking rehabilitation device interconnected with the base. The motor causes the belt to rotate in a first direction. The walking rehabilitation device includes a user engagement structure configured to be removably secured to one or more locations of a rehabilitee's extremities. The walking rehabilitation device further includes a transmission interconnecting the motor and the user engagement structure, the transmission transferring motion from the motor to the rehabilitee via the user engagement structure, allowing the rehabilitee to walk along the belt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignee: Woodway USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Douglas G. Bayerlein, Nicholas A. Oblamski, Robert L. Zimpel, Dane J. Langer, Jose D. Bernal-Ramirez
  • TREADMILL WITH INTEGRATED WALKING REHABILITATION DEVICE
    Publication number: 20140087922
    Abstract: A treadmill for providing walking rehabilitation to a rehabilitee is provided. The treadmill includes a base including a belt, a motor interconnected with the belt, and a walking rehabilitation device interconnected with the base. The motor causes the belt to rotate in a first direction. The walking rehabilitation device includes a user engagement structure configured to be removably secured to one or more locations of a rehabilitee's extremities. The walking rehabilitation device further includes a transmission interconnecting the motor and the user engagement structure, the transmission transferring motion from the motor to the rehabilitee via the user engagement structure, allowing the rehabilitee to walk along the belt.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2013
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Applicant: WOODWAY USA, INC.
    Inventors: Douglas G. Bayerlein, Nicholas A. Oblamski, Robert L. Zimpel, Dane J. Langer, Jose D. Bernal-Ramirez