Patents by Inventor Goeran Fiedler

Goeran Fiedler 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).

  • Vibratory devices for phantom limb pain
    Patent number: 11577045
    Abstract: A prosthetic device includes a flexible interface configured to conform to a residual limb of a user, a prosthetic socket including an outer shell more rigid than the flexible interface and positioned external to at least a portion of the flexible interface, and one or more vibrational devices placed in connection with the flexible interface to impart vibration to the residual limb.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: University of Pittsburgh—Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education
    Inventors: Brianna Perry, Goeran Fiedler, Kevin Charles Quinn
  • Alignment angle sensor systems for limb prostheses
    Patent number: 10973661
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems and methods for determining alignment angles between a first prosthetic component and a second prosthetic component that are joinable together in a fixed orientation relative to each other, wherein the fixed orientation includes a first angle and optionally also a second angle that are perpendicular to each other, and wherein the first and/or second angles are selectable from a range of angles to provide a desired fixed orientation between the two prosthetic components. The system includes a magnet fixedly coupled to the first prosthetic component and one or more magnetic intensity sensors configured to be coupled to the second prosthetic component in a fixed orientation relative to the second prosthetic component such that the sensors are operable to sense a magnetic field of the magnet and produce an output signal in response to the strength of the sensed magnetic field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: University of Pittsburgh—Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education
    Inventors: Goeran Fiedler, Jonathan Stephen Akins
  • VIBRATORY DEVICES FOR PHANTOM LIMB PAIN
    Publication number: 20210069458
    Abstract: A prosthetic device includes a flexible interface configured to conform to a residual limb of a user, a prosthetic socket including an outer shell more rigid than the flexible interface and positioned external to at least a portion of the flexible interface, and one or more vibrational devices placed in connection with the flexible interface to impart vibration to the residual limb.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2020
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Inventors: Brianna Perry, Goeran Fiedler, Kevin Charles Quinn
  • System and Methods for Gait and Running Functional Improvement and Performance Training
    Publication number: 20210059564
    Abstract: A gait analysis and training system is provided, as well as methods of training, e.g., retraining gait in a patient. The system provides real-time external feedback to a patient is portable so that use is not limited to a clinic.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2018
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Inventors: Krista Lee Kutina, Goeran Fiedler
  • ALIGNMENT ANGLE SENSOR SYSTEMS FOR LIMB PROSTHESES
    Publication number: 20200237532
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems and methods for determining alignment angles between a first prosthetic component and a second prosthetic component that are joinable together in a fixed orientation relative to each other, wherein the fixed orientation includes a first angle and optionally also a second angle that are perpendicular to each other, and wherein the first and/or second angles are selectable from a range of angles to provide a desired fixed orientation between the two prosthetic components. The system includes a magnet fixedly coupled to the first prosthetic component and one or more magnetic intensity sensors configured to be coupled to the second prosthetic component in a fixed orientation relative to the second prosthetic component such that the sensors are operable to sense a magnetic field of the magnet and produce an output signal in response to the strength of the sensed magnetic field.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2016
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Applicant: University of Pittsburgh - Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education
    Inventors: Goeran Fiedler, Jonathan Stephen Akins
  • System and Methods for Gait and Running Functional Improvement and Performance Training
    Publication number: 20190117121
    Abstract: A gait analysis and training system is provided, as well as methods of training, e.g., retraining gait in a patient. The system provides real-time external feedback to a patient is portable so that use is not limited to a clinic.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2018
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Inventors: Krista Lee Kutina, Goeran Fiedler