Patents by Inventor Elizabeth Brokaw

Elizabeth Brokaw 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).

  • Patent number: 9974478
    Abstract: The present invention relates to systems and methods for helping subjects improve safety and efficiency of their movements; particularly subjects who have suffered an injury or suffer from a movement or other such disorder. More particularly, the present invention relates to such a system and method for monitoring a subject's movement to detect or predict unsafe, undesirable, or impaired movements, or symptoms of movement disorders, and also a system for providing possible treatment methods for such conditions. The present invention further relates to a method and system of providing cues or stimuli to the subject when such unsafe or undesirable movements, instabilities or symptoms are detected or predicted. Most particularly, the present invention relates to a subject-customized and adaptive movement recovery system, and method of providing therapy and training to improve functional motor recovery and safety of movement of a subject suffering from an injury or from movement disorder(s).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: Great Lakes NeuroTechnologies Inc.
    Inventors: Elizabeth Brokaw, Dustin A. Heldman, Christopher L. Pulliam, Joseph P. Giuffrida