Patents by Inventor Ian W. Baumgart
Ian W. Baumgart 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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Publication number: 20250041596Abstract: A functional electrical stimulation (FES) device includes electrodes arranged to apply functional electrical stimulation to a body part of the user. FES stimulation is performed by: receiving values of a set of user metrics for the user; receiving a target position of the body part represented as values for a set of body part position measurements; determining a user-specific energization pattern for producing the target position based on the received target position and the received values of the set of user metrics for the user; and energizing the electrodes of the FES device in accordance with the determined user-specific energization pattern. The determination may utilize an FES calibration database with records having fields containing: values of the set of user metrics for reference users; energization patterns; and values of the set of body part position metrics for positions assumed by the body part in response to applying the energization patterns.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 18, 2024Publication date: February 6, 2025Inventors: David A. Friedenberg, Po-Hsu Chen, Samuel Colachis, Nicholas Annetta, Douglas E. Boyd, Collin Dunlap, Ian W. Baumgart, Herbert S. Bresler
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Patent number: 12161864Abstract: A functional electrical stimulation (FES) device includes electrodes arranged to apply functional electrical stimulation to a body part of the user. FES stimulation is performed by: receiving values of a set of user metrics for the user; receiving a target position of the body part represented as values for a set of body part position measurements; determining a user-specific energization pattern for producing the target position based on the received target position and the received values of the set of user metrics for the user; and energizing the electrodes of the FES device in accordance with the determined user-specific energization pattern. The determination may utilize an FES calibration database with records having fields containing: values of the set of user metrics for reference users; energization patterns; and values of the set of body part position metrics for positions assumed by the body part in response to applying the energization patterns.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2023Date of Patent: December 10, 2024Assignee: BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTEInventors: David A. Friedenberg, Po-Hsu Chen, Samuel Colachis, Nicholas Annetta, Douglas E. Boyd, Collin Dunlap, Ian W. Baumgart, Herbert S. Bresler
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Publication number: 20240225482Abstract: A device is provided for overcoming freezing of gait. Suitably, the device includes a sleeve sized and shaped to be worn on a leg of a human subject, an array of electrodes carried by the sleeve and positioned to make surface contact with a skin of the leg when the sleeve is worn on by the human subject, and a controller in communication with the array of electrodes. The controller is operative to receive muscle activity data from the array of electrodes indicative of muscle activity in the leg, identify an onset of a freezing of gait episode based on the received muscle activity data, and trigger energization of one or more targeted electrodes in response to identification of the onset of the freezing of gait episode to mitigate against the freezing of gait episode.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 25, 2023Publication date: July 11, 2024Inventors: Bryan Schlink, Ian W. Baumgart, Nicholas J. Tacca, Eric C. Meyers, Michael Darrow, Lauren R. Wengerd
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Publication number: 20240130635Abstract: A device is provided for overcoming freezing of gait. Suitably, the device includes a sleeve sized and shaped to be worn on a leg of a human subject, an array of electrodes carried by the sleeve and positioned to make surface contact with a skin of the leg when the sleeve is worn on by the human subject, and a controller in communication with the array of electrodes. The controller is operative to receive muscle activity data from the array of electrodes indicative of muscle activity in the leg, identify an onset of a freezing of gait episode based on the received muscle activity data, and trigger energization of one or more targeted electrodes in response to identification of the onset of the freezing of gait episode to mitigate against the freezing of gait episode.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 24, 2023Publication date: April 25, 2024Inventors: Bryan Schlink, Ian W. Baumgart, Nicholas J. Tacca, Eric C. Meyers, Michael Darrow, Lauren R. Wengerd
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Publication number: 20240123222Abstract: A functional electrical stimulation (FES) device includes electrodes arranged to apply functional electrical stimulation to a body part of the user. FES stimulation is performed by: receiving values of a set of user metrics for the user; receiving a target position of the body part represented as values for a set of body part position measurements; determining a user-specific energization pattern for producing the target position based on the received target position and the received values of the set of user metrics for the user; and energizing the electrodes of the FES device in accordance with the determined user-specific energization pattern. The determination may utilize an FES calibration database with records having fields containing: values of the set of user metrics for reference users; energization patterns; and values of the set of body part position metrics for positions assumed by the body part in response to applying the energization patterns.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2023Publication date: April 18, 2024Inventors: David A. Friedenberg, Po-Hsu Chen, Samuel Colachis, Nicholas Annetta, Douglas E. Boyd, Collin Dunlap, Ian W. Baumgart, Herbert S. Bresler
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Patent number: 11883656Abstract: A functional electrical stimulation (FES) device includes electrodes arranged to apply functional electrical stimulation to a body part of the user. FES stimulation is performed by: receiving values of a set of user metrics for the user; receiving a target position of the body part represented as values for a set of body part position measurements; determining a user-specific energization pattern for producing the target position based on the received target position and the received values of the set of user metrics for the user; and energizing the electrodes of the FES device in accordance with the determined user-specific energization pattern. The determination may utilize an FES calibration database with records having fields containing: values of the set of user metrics for reference users; energization patterns; and values of the set of body part position metrics for positions assumed by the body part in response to applying the energization patterns.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2022Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTEInventors: David A. Friedenberg, Po-Hsu Chen, Samuel Colachis, Nicholas Annetta, Douglas E. Boyd, Collin Dunlap, Ian W. Baumgart, Herbert S. Bresler
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Publication number: 20230047319Abstract: A functional electrical stimulation (FES) device includes electrodes arranged to apply functional electrical stimulation to a body part of the user. FES stimulation is performed by: receiving values of a set of user metrics for the user; receiving a target position of the body part represented as values for a set of body part position measurements; determining a user-specific energization pattern for producing the target position based on the received target position and the received values of the set of user metrics for the user; and energizing the electrodes of the FES device in accordance with the determined user-specific energization pattern. The determination may utilize an FES calibration database with records having fields containing: values of the set of user metrics for reference users; energization patterns; and values of the set of body part position metrics for positions assumed by the body part in response to applying the energization patterns.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 20, 2022Publication date: February 16, 2023Inventors: David A. Friedenberg, Po-Hsu Chen, Samuel Colachis, Nicholas Annetta, Douglas E. Boyd, Collin Dunlap, Ian W. Baumgart, Herbert S. Bresler
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Patent number: 11504531Abstract: A functional electrical stimulation (FES) device includes electrodes arranged to apply functional electrical stimulation to a body part of the user. FES stimulation is performed by: receiving values of a set of user metrics for the user; receiving a target position of the body part represented as values for a set of body part position measurements; determining a user-specific energization pattern for producing the target position based on the received target position and the received values of the set of user metrics for the user; and energizing the electrodes of the FES device in accordance with the determined user-specific energization pattern. The determination may utilize an FES calibration database with records having fields containing: values of the set of user metrics for reference users; energization patterns; and values of the set of body part position metrics for positions assumed by the body part in response to applying the energization patterns.Type: GrantFiled: January 13, 2022Date of Patent: November 22, 2022Assignee: BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTEInventors: David A. Friedenberg, Po-Hsu Chen, Samuel Colachis, Nicholas Annetta, Douglas E. Boyd, Collin Dunlap, Ian W. Baumgart, Herbert S. Bresler
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Publication number: 20220134098Abstract: A functional electrical stimulation (FES) device includes electrodes arranged to apply functional electrical stimulation to a body part of the user. FES stimulation is performed by: receiving values of a set of user metrics for the user; receiving a target position of the body part represented as values for a set of body part position measurements; determining a user-specific energization pattern for producing the target position based on the received target position and the received values of the set of user metrics for the user; and energizing the electrodes of the FES device in accordance with the determined user-specific energization pattern. The determination may utilize an FES calibration database with records having fields containing: values of the set of user metrics for reference users; energization patterns; and values of the set of body part position metrics for positions assumed by the body part in response to applying the energization patterns.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 13, 2022Publication date: May 5, 2022Inventors: David A. Friedenberg, Po-Hsu Chen, Samuel Colachis, Nicholas Annetta, Douglas E. Boyd, Collin Dunlap, Ian W. Baumgart, Herbert S. Bresler
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Patent number: 11266833Abstract: A functional electrical stimulation (FES) device includes electrodes arranged to apply functional electrical stimulation to a body part of the user. FES stimulation is performed by: receiving values of a set of user metrics for the user; receiving a target position of the body part represented as values for a set of body part position measurements; determining a user-specific energization pattern for producing the target position based on the received target position and the received values of the set of user metrics for the user; and energizing the electrodes of the FES device in accordance with the determined user-specific energization pattern. The determination may utilize an FES calibration database with records having fields containing: values of the set of user metrics for reference users; energization patterns; and values of the set of body part position metrics for positions assumed by the body part in response to applying the energization patterns.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2021Date of Patent: March 8, 2022Inventors: David A. Friedenberg, Po-Hsu Chen, Samuel Colachis, Nicholas Annetta, Douglas E. Boyd, Collin Dunlap, Ian W. Baumgart, Herbert S. Bresler
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Publication number: 20210353942Abstract: A functional electrical stimulation (FES) device includes electrodes arranged to apply functional electrical stimulation to a body part of the user. FES stimulation is performed by: receiving values of a set of user metrics for the user; receiving a target position of the body part represented as values for a set of body part position measurements; determining a user-specific energization pattern for producing the target position based on the received target position and the received values of the set of user metrics for the user; and energizing the electrodes of the FES device in accordance with the determined user-specific energization pattern. The determination may utilize an FES calibration database with records having fields containing: values of the set of user metrics for reference users; energization patterns; and values of the set of body part position metrics for positions assumed by the body part in response to applying the energization patterns.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 14, 2021Publication date: November 18, 2021Inventors: David A. Friedenberg, Po-Hsu Chen, Samuel Colachis, Nicholas Annetta, Douglas E. Boyd, Collin Dunlap, Ian W. Baumgart, Herb S. Bresler