Patents by Inventor Erick Brendan St. John

Erick Brendan St. John 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: 10369021
    Abstract: A powered orthotic system, such as an exoskeleton, is employed for overground rehabilitation purposes by adapting and adjusting to real-time needs in a rehabilitation situation whereby the system can be initially controlled to perform gait functions for a wearer based on a predetermined level of assistance but the predetermined level of assistance can be varied, based on one or more rehabilitation parameters or specific needs of the wearer undergoing therapy, through the application and adjustment of appropriate variables associated with operation of the system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: Ekso Bionics, Inc.
    Inventors: Adam Zoss, Tim Swift, Alec Berg, Katherine Strausser, Erick Brendan St. John
  • Publication number: 20160030201
    Abstract: A powered orthotic system, such as an exoskeleton, is employed for rehabilitation purposes by adapting and adjusting to real-time needs in a rehabilitation situation whereby the system can be initially controlled to perform gait functions for a wearer based on a predetermined level of assistance but the predetermined level of assistance can be varied, based on one or more rehabilitation parameters or specific needs of the wearer undergoing therapy, through the application and adjustment of appropriate variables associated with operation of the system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2014
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Applicant: EKSO BIONICS, INC.
    Inventors: Adam Zoss, Tim Swift, Alec Berg, Katherine Strausser, Erick Brendan St. John