Patents by Inventor Grant Etnyre

Grant Etnyre 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 and apparatus for assisting or resisting postures or movements related to the joints of humans or devices
    Patent number: 6846270
    Abstract: A process for accommodating, improving or transmuting random static and dynamic human functions to an object is provided. A device is selected which includes a proximal member and a distal member which articulate relative to one another at an interface. Energy is transmitted through the interface with a predetermined and variable efficacy. The interface is configured to permit static force to have perpendicular and parallel components relative to a primary plane of the interface and to permit a dynamic force to have a parallel component relative to the primary plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2005
    Inventor: Grant Etnyre