Patents by Inventor Edgar Stuart Mead

Edgar Stuart Mead 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).

  • METHOD OF CONTROLLING A PROSTHESIS
    Publication number: 20120221122
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of controlling a movable component of a prosthesis or orthosis. The method (100) comprises moving the component by means of a motor (102) and determining when movement of the component is arrested when the component bears against a surface (104, 106). Thereafter a plurality of driving electrical pulses are applied to the motor (110) in dependence on the determination and when movement of the component is arrested to thereby drive the motor so as to cause the component to bear against the surface with greater force.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2010
    Publication date: August 30, 2012
    Inventors: Hugh Gill, Douglas Derek Smith, Edgar Stuart Mead, Brian Nolan