Patents by Inventor Jeffery A. FRANKART

Jeffery A. FRANKART 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).

  • Spasticity reducing closed-loop force-feedback control for post-stroke gait training
    Patent number: 9060914
    Abstract: A robotic module which can be attached to an exercise apparatus provides enhanced physical therapy for victims of stroke or other maladies or accidents by simulating normal or arbitrarily modified profiles of angular position of an extremity such as a foot in accordance with a position of that extremity along a locus of repetitive motion. A closed-loop control system which is included in the module provides regulation which reduces or avoids spastic responses often found in poststroke patients during gait rehabilitation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2015
    Assignee: Viginia Commonwealth University
    Inventors: Peter E. Pidcoe, Jeffery A. Frankart, Jessica Cortney Bradford
  • SPASTICITY REDUCING CLOSED-LOOP FORCE-FEEDBACK CONTROL FOR POST-STROKE GAIT TRAINING
    Publication number: 20130245511
    Abstract: A robotic module which can be attached to an exercise apparatus provides enhanced physical therapy for victims of stroke or other maladies or accidents by simulating normal or arbitrarily modified profiles of angular position of an extremity such as a foot in accordance with a position of that extremity along a locus of repetitive motion. A closed-loop control system which is included in the module provides regulation which reduces or avoids spastic responses often found in poststroke patients during gait rehabilitation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2013
    Publication date: September 19, 2013
    Inventors: Peter E. PIDCOE, Jeffery A. FRANKART, Jessica Cortney BRADFORD