Patents by Inventor Ioannis Sarakoglou

Ioannis Sarakoglou 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).

  • Patent number: 11259981
    Abstract: An underactuated exoskeleton for lower-limbs, for supporting the knee of a user, includes a first and a second coupling frame and a movement means associated with the first and with the second frame configured to confer to the second frame a roto-translation movement with respect to the first frame or vice versa. The exoskeleton further includes a junction means operatively interposed between the movement means and the first frame and/or the second frame configured to allow a relative rotation between the first and the second frame in a second plane, orthogonal to the first plane, a rotation of said second frame about said main axis of the leg and a relative translation between the first and the second frame in the second plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignees: FONDAZIONE ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA, UNIVERSITA' DEGLI STUDI DI GENOVA
    Inventors: Ioannis Sarakoglou, Lorenzo Saccares, Nikolaos Tsagarakis
  • Publication number: 20200038279
    Abstract: An underactuated exoskeleton for lower-limbs, for supporting the knee of a user, includes a first and a second coupling frame and a movement means associated with the first and with the second frame configured to confer to the second frame a roto-translation movement with respect to the first frame or vice versa. The exoskeleton further includes a junction means operatively interposed between the movement means and the first frame and/or the second frame configured to allow a relative rotation between the first and the second frame in a second plane, orthogonal to the first plane, a rotation of said second frame about said main axis of the leg and a relative translation between the first and the second frame in the second plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2017
    Publication date: February 6, 2020
    Inventors: Ioannis SARAKOGLOU, Lorenzo SACCARES, Nikolaos TSAGARAKIS
  • Patent number: 9719868
    Abstract: An electronic measurement unit for a polymorphous device, comprising a number of lateral structures, each lateral structure including: a support structure; at least one sensor constrained to the support structure and generating an electrical signal indicative of a deformation of the support structure; and a coupling structure that constrains a corresponding external covering element to the support structure in a releasable manner, so that when the external covering element is constrained to the support structure and an external force acts on the external covering element, the electrical signal is indicative of the external force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: Fondazione Instituto Italiano Di Tecnologia
    Inventors: Ioannis Sarakoglou, Nikos Tsagarakis, Darwin Caldwell
  • Publication number: 20150233774
    Abstract: An electronic measurement unit for a polymorphous device, comprising a number of lateral structures, each lateral structure including: a support structure; at least one sensor constrained to the support structure and generating an electrical signal indicative of a deformation of the support structure; and a coupling structure that constrains a corresponding external covering element to the support structure in a releasable manner, so that when the external covering element is constrained to the support structure and an external force acts on the external covering element, the electrical signal is indicative of the external force.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2013
    Publication date: August 20, 2015
    Applicant: FONDAAZIONE ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECHNOLOGIA
    Inventors: Ioannis Sarakoglou, Nikos Tsagarakis, Darwin Caldwell