Patents by Inventor Hermano Krebs

Hermano Krebs 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).

  • Publication number: 20070270723
    Abstract: A pelvis interface may include a subject attachment module including a waist attachment and a back attachment. The interface may further include an arm assembly coupled to the subject attachment module, the arm assembly including a plurality of arms so coupled to one another and/or to the subject attachment module as to permit the subject attachment module at least one pelvis translation degree of freedom and at least one pelvis rotation degree of freedom. The interface may further include motors so coupled to the arm assembly as to actuate at least one pelvis translation degree of freedom and at least one pelvis rotation degree of freedom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2007
    Publication date: November 22, 2007
    Applicant: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Hermano Krebs, Neville Hogan, Michael Roberts
  • Publication number: 20070138886
    Abstract: An apparatus for converting rotational motion into radial motion may include a motor, and arm assembly, and, optionally, a panel. The motor may include two coaxial rotors and a motion generator coupled to the rotors. The arm assembly may include first and second arm attached at their proximal ends to the first and second rotors, respectively. The optional panel may be attached to the distal ends of the arms. The distal ends of the arms may be spatially fixed with respect to one another but rotatable with respect to one another, so that counter-rotation of the rotors can cause both distal ends and the panel, if present, to move radially away from the rotors' axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2006
    Publication date: June 21, 2007
    Applicant: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Hermano Krebs, Lorenzo Masia
  • Publication number: 20060287614
    Abstract: A method of measuring a change in neurological and/or muscular performance of a subject may include attaching an attachment to a subject. The subject may then be directed to perform a motion. A first force imposed by the subject on the attachment and/or a first motion of the attachment is sensed. The subject's first response may then be compared to a second response to determine a change in the subject's neurological and/or muscular performance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2005
    Publication date: December 21, 2006
    Applicants: Cornell Research Foundation, Inc., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Neville Hogan, Hermano Krebs, Bruce Volpe
  • Publication number: 20060106326
    Abstract: Wrist and upper extremity motion systems and method may include positioning a subject's wrist or upper extremity in a motion device, and actuating one or more motors associated with the device to provide at least one of assistance, perturbation, and resistance to a wrist or upper extremity motion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2004
    Publication date: May 18, 2006
    Applicant: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Hermano Krebs, Neville Hogan, Dustin Williams, James Celestino
  • Publication number: 20060069336
    Abstract: An ankle interface may include a leg connection attachable to a user's leg, a foot connection attached to the user's corresponding foot, and a transmission system coupling the leg connection and the foot connection with at least two degrees of freedom and actuating at least two degrees of freedom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2005
    Publication date: March 30, 2006
    Applicant: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Hermano Krebs, Neville Hogan, Jason Wheeler, Dustin Williams