Patents by Inventor Hans Dietl
Hans Dietl 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).
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Patent number: 11931273Abstract: A method for controlling an artificial orthotic or prosthetic knee joint, on which a lower-leg component is arranged and with which a resistance device is associated, the bending resistance (R) of which resistance device is changed in dependence on sensor data that are determined by at least one sensor during the use of the orthotic or prosthetic knee joint, wherein a linear acceleration (aF) of the lower-leg component is determined, the determined linear acceleration (aF) is compared with at least one threshold value, and, if a threshold value of the linear acceleration (aF) of the lower-leg component is reached, the bending resistance (R) is changed.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2021Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: OTTO BOCK HEALTHCARE PRODUCTS GMBHInventors: Roland Auberger, Martin Seyr, Clemens Mandl, Dirk Seifert, Hans Dietl
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Patent number: 11607544Abstract: A device for influencing a patient's gait, comprising at least one foot lifter stimulation electrode for activating a foot lifter muscle, at least one sensor unit, at least one hip flexor stimulation electrode for activating a hip flexor muscle, and at least one control unit which is coupled to the sensor unit and the stimulation electrodes, processes sensor values from the sensor unit and, depending on the sensor values, activates at least one of the stimulation electrodes.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2017Date of Patent: March 21, 2023Assignee: NSTIM SERVICES GMBHInventors: Oskar Aszmann, Hans Dietl, Andreas Goppelt, Christian Hofer, Michael Friedrich Russold, Ernesto Urbano
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Publication number: 20210369474Abstract: A method for controlling an artificial orthotic or prosthetic knee joint, on which a lower-leg component is arranged and with which a resistance device is associated, the bending resistance (R) of which resistance device is changed in dependence on sensor data that are determined by means of at least one sensor during the use of the orthotic or prosthetic knee joint, wherein a linear acceleration (aF) of the lower-leg component is determined, the determined linear acceleration (aF) is compared with at least one threshold value, and, if a threshold value of the linear acceleration (aF) of the lower-leg component is reached, the bending resistance (R) is changed.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2021Publication date: December 2, 2021Applicant: OTTO BOCK HEALTHCARE PRODUCTS GMBHInventors: Roland AUBERGER, Martin SEYR, Clemens MANDL, Dirk SEIFERT, Hans DIETL
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Patent number: 11173055Abstract: The invention relates to a method for setting up a control, and to a control for a technical orthopedic device, and a technical orthopedic device as such. Actuations of the technical orthopedic device (1) are provided by means of an output device (2, 3), biomettric signals are received by sensors (12), and said signals are associated with the respective actuations.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 2010Date of Patent: November 16, 2021Assignee: OTTO BOCK HEALTHCARE PRODUCTS GMBHInventor: Hans Dietl
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Patent number: 10945863Abstract: A method for controlling an artificial orthotic or prosthetic knee joint, on which a lower-leg component is arranged and with which a resistance device is associated, the bending resistance of which resistance device is changed in dependence on sensor data that are determined by at least one sensor during the use of the orthotic or prosthetic knee joint, wherein a linear acceleration of the lower-leg component is determined, the determined linear acceleration is compared with at least one threshold value, and, if a threshold value of the linear acceleration of the lower-leg component is reached, the bending resistance is changed.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2018Date of Patent: March 16, 2021Assignee: OTTO BOCK HEALTHCARE PRODUCTS GMBHInventors: Roland Auberger, Martin Seyr, Clemens Mandl, Dirk Seifert, Hans Dietl
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Patent number: 10772744Abstract: An artificial joint for lower extremities, comprising an upper part, which has mechanisms for attaching to a user, and a lower part mounted thereon in a pivotal manner about a joint axis. The lower part can be bent in from an extended position into a flexed position. A force accumulator is associated with the joint and is loaded via a force transmission mechanism through a flexing movement of the upper part relative to the lower part and supports an extension movement of the lower part relative to the upper part at least over a part of the extension movement. The force transmission device exerts a maximum moment of extension at a bending angle between 45° to 80°.Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 2016Date of Patent: September 15, 2020Assignee: OTTO BOCK HEALTHCARE PRODUCTS GMBHInventor: Hans Dietl
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Publication number: 20190224479Abstract: A device for influencing a patient's gait, comprising at least one foot lifter stimulation electrode for activating a foot lifter muscle, at least one sensor unit, at least one hip flexor stimulation electrode for activating a hip flexor muscle, and at least one control unit which is coupled to the sensor unit and the stimulation electrodes, processes sensor values from the sensor unit and, depending on the sensor values, activates at least one of the stimulation electrodes.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 26, 2017Publication date: July 25, 2019Applicant: NSTIM SERVICES GMBHInventors: Oskar ASZMANN, Hans DIETL, Andreas GOPPEL, Christian HOFER, Michael Friedrich RUSSOLD, Ernesto URBANO
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Publication number: 20180368996Abstract: A method for producing a prosthesis socket in which a 3D-dataset is produced of an outer contour of a stump on which a prosthesis socket is to be mounted, and a base socket is produced from a first material in a 3D printing method using said 3D dataset, wherein an inner contour of the base socket corresponds to the outer contour of the stump, and at least one stabilising element consisting of a second material is laminated onto the base socket.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 7, 2016Publication date: December 27, 2018Applicant: OTTO BOCK HEALTHCARE PRODUCTS GMBHInventors: Johannis Willem VAN VLIET, Hans DIETL
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Publication number: 20180280163Abstract: An artificial joint for lower extremities, comprising an upper part, which has mechanisms for attaching to a user, and a lower part mounted thereon in a pivotal manner about a joint axis. The lower part can be bent in from an extended position into a flexed position. A force accumulator is associated with the joint and is loaded via a force transmission mechanism through a flexing movement of the upper part relative to the lower part and supports an extension movement of the lower part relative to the upper part at least over a part of the extension movement. The force transmission device exerts a maximum moment of extension at a bending angle between 45° to 80°.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 19, 2016Publication date: October 4, 2018Applicant: OTTO BOCK HEALTHCARE PRODUCTS GMBHInventor: Hans DIETL
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Publication number: 20180200082Abstract: A method for controlling an artificial orthotic or prosthetic knee joint, on which a lower-leg component is arranged and with which a resistance device is associated, the bending resistance (R) of which resistance device is changed in dependence on sensor data that are determined by means of at least one sensor during the use of the orthotic or prosthetic knee joint, wherein a linear acceleration (aF) of the lower-leg component is determined, the determined linear acceleration (aF) is compared with at least one threshold value, and, if a threshold value of the linear acceleration (aF) of the lower-leg component is reached, the bending resistance (R) is changed.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2018Publication date: July 19, 2018Applicant: OTTO BOCK HEALTHCARE PRODUCTS GMBHInventors: Roland AUBERGER, Martin SEYR, Clemens MANDL, Dirk SEIFERT, Hans DIETL
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Patent number: 9968468Abstract: A method for controlling an artificial orthotic or prosthetic knee joint, on which a lower-leg component is arranged and with which a resistance device is associated, the bending resistance (R) of which resistance device is changed in dependence on sensor data that are determined by means of at least one sensor during the use of the orthotic or prosthetic knee joint, wherein a linear acceleration (aF) of the lower-leg component is determined, the determined linear acceleration (aF) is compared with at least one threshold value, and, if a threshold value of the linear acceleration (aF) of the lower-leg component is reached, the bending resistance (R) is changed.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2014Date of Patent: May 15, 2018Assignee: OTTO BOCK HEALTHCARE PRODUCTS GMBHInventors: Roland Auberger, Martin Seyr, Clemens Mandl, Dirk Seifert, Hans Dietl
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Publication number: 20180028390Abstract: An orthopedic system having at least one stimulation electrode for activating at least one muscle, an orthotic or prosthetic device, which may be placed on a patient's body and secured there with at least one joint by which a proximal and a distal component of the orthotic or prosthetic device are connected to each other in swivelling fashion, at least one adjustable resistance device which is arranged between the distal component and the proximal component and with which a motion resistance against a swivelling of the proximal component relative to the distal component is adjustable, sensors for detecting of forces positions, accelerations and/or torques, and a control device which is coupled to the sensors and the resistance device, processes sensor values of the sensors and adjusts the resistance device in dependence on the sensor values.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 27, 2017Publication date: February 1, 2018Applicant: OTTO BOCK HEALTHCARE PRODUCTS GMBHInventors: Hans DIETL, Roland AUBERGER, Michael Friedrich RUSSOLD, Christian HOFER
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Publication number: 20160206447Abstract: A method for controlling an artificial orthotic or prosthetic knee joint, on which a lower-leg component is arranged and with which a resistance device is associated, the bending resistance (R) of which resistance device is changed in dependence on sensor data that are determined by means of at least one sensor during the use of the orthotic or prosthetic knee joint, wherein a linear acceleration (aF) of the lower-leg component is determined, the determined linear acceleration (aF) is compared with at least one threshold value, and, if a threshold value of the linear acceleration (aF) of the lower-leg component is reached, the bending resistance (R) is changed.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 7, 2014Publication date: July 21, 2016Applicant: OTTO BOCK HEALTHCARE PRODUCTS GMBHInventors: Roland AUBERGER, Martin SEYR, Clemens MANDL, Dirk SEIFERT, Hans DIETL
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Patent number: 9060882Abstract: The invention relates to a join mechanism of a knee orthosis or knee prosthesis, having a first part (14), a second part (15), which is pivotable relative to the latter, and attachment means (2) for securing the joint mechanism (1) to a user of the knee orthosis or knee prosthesis, and having a locking mechanism (4, 40) with which a pivoting of the two parts (14, 15) relative to each other in a flexion direction is prevented by a form-fit element (4) which is arranged movably on the second part (15) and which, in the locking state, engages with a form fit in a recess (40) assigned to the first part (14), wherein the form-fit element (4) is mounted rotatably on the second part (15) and has a contour which, in the locked position, protrudes into the recess (40) and, in the released position, allows the first part (14) to pivot past the bearing of the form-fit element (4).Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2011Date of Patent: June 23, 2015Assignee: OTTO BOCK HEALTHCARE PRODUCTS GMBHInventors: Heinz Bröckl, Hans Dietl
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Publication number: 20130190896Abstract: The invention relates to a join mechanism of a knee orthosis or knee prosthesis, having a first part (14), a second part (15), which is pivotable relative to the latter, and attachment means (2) for securing the joint mechanism (1) to a user of the knee orthosis or knee prosthesis, and having a locking mechanism (4, 40) with which a pivoting of the two parts (14, 15) relative to each other in a flexion direction is prevented by a form-fit element 94) which is arranged movably on the second part (15) and which, in the locking state, engages with a form lit in a recess (40) assigned to the first part (14), wherein the form-fit element (4) is mounted rotatably on the second part (15) and has a contour which, in the locked position, protrudes into the recess (40) and, in the released position, allows the first part (14) to pivot past the bearing of the form-fit element (4).Type: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2011Publication date: July 25, 2013Applicant: OTTO BOCK HEALTHCARE PRODUCTS GMBHInventors: Heinz Bröckl, Hans Dietl
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Publication number: 20120101596Abstract: The invention relates to a method for setting up a control, and to a control for a technical orthopedic device, and a technical orthopedic device as such. Actuations of the technical orthopedic device (1) are provided by means of an output device (2, 3), biomettric signals are received by sensors (12), and said signals are associated with the respective actuations.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 11, 2010Publication date: April 26, 2012Applicant: OTTO BOCK HEALTHCARE PRODUCTS GMBHInventor: Hans Dietl
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Publication number: 20100030341Abstract: The invention relates to a myoelectrical electrode unit for a prosthetic device, which includes a liner positioned between an amputation stump and the prosthetic device and a myoelectrical electrode unit for detecting and transmitting myoelectrical signals to control the prosthetic device.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 26, 2006Publication date: February 4, 2010Applicant: OTTO BOCK HEALTHCARE PRODUCTS GmbHInventors: Hans Dietl, Horst Willburger, Hermann Lanmuller
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Publication number: 20070083272Abstract: The invention relates to a prosthetic knee-joint comprising an upper part with a fixing device for a receptacle of a leg stump and a lower part that is pivotally connected to the upper part by a multi-axial articulation device. The lower part can be straightened at all times in an unhindered manner and a locking device is provided to prevent flexion of the articulation device. The aim of the invention is to provide a prosthetic knee-joint that allows ease of movement when standing up and sitting down on a chair. In addition, said prosthetic knee-joint should remain stable and locked when standing and walking to provide maximum safety for the geriatric patient. To achieve this, the articulation device has a resistance element, which during a flexion exerts a resistance in opposition to the latter within a pre-definable angular range and which can be freely straightened at all times.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 4, 2004Publication date: April 12, 2007Applicant: OTTO BOCK HEALTHCARE PRODUCTS GMBHInventors: Paul Van De Veen, Hans Dietl, Richard Skiera
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Patent number: 6136357Abstract: Cyclosporin(s) are formulated as a pharmaceutical preparation that provides good and uniform resorption of the cyclosporin(s) with no nonphysiological pharmaceutical adjuvants, by combining the cyclosporin(s) with (i) monoglycerides, diglycerides, and/or triglycerides of natural fatty acids, (ii) natural fatty acids and/or alkaline salts of natural fatty acids, and (iii) 3-sn-phosphatidyl choline(s), and/or phosphatidyl ethanolamine(s), and optionally also (iv) natural bile acids and/or alkaline salts of natural bile acids, and (v) a natural alcohol. The pharmaceutical preparation does not contain water and is not an emulsion.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 1998Date of Patent: October 24, 2000Assignee: CicloMulsion AGInventor: Hans Dietl
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Patent number: 5985335Abstract: The invention relates to an agent for the prophylaxis and/or therapy of conditions associated with a disorder of bone formation. It contains alkali metal citrates and/or alkali metal lactates and/or alkali metal malates, optionally together with one or more active substances selected from vitamin K, calcium salts and vitamin D. The agent preferably contains potassium citrates and/or sodium citrates or potassium lactates and/or sodium lactates and serves for the prophylaxis and/or therapy of osteoclasis, in particular osteoporosis or osteomalacia.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 1997Date of Patent: November 16, 1999Assignee: Orthomol Pharmazeutische Vertriebs GmbHInventor: Hans Dietl