Patents by Inventor Johannis Willem VAN VLIET

Johannis Willem VAN VLIET 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).

  • Artificial finger
    Patent number: 10426636
    Abstract: An artificial finger for prosthetics and gripping technology, with a base, a first finger member mounted on the base in articulated manner, at least one secondary member mounted on the first finger member in articulated manner, and a drive for adjusting the secondary member relative to the first finger member and the first finger member relative to the base. At least one reset element is provided for resetting the first finger member and the secondary member, and the first finger member is acted upon with a resetting force which differs from the secondary member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: OTTO BOCK HEALTHCARE PRODUCTS GMBH
    Inventors: Clemens Mandl, Leopold Oecker, Richard Skiera, Johannis Willem Van Vliet, Ronald Naderer, Paolo Ferrara, Florian Schausberger
  • METHOD FOR PRODUCING A PROSTHESIS SHAFT, AND A PROSTHESIS SHAFT
    Publication number: 20180368996
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2016
    Publication date: December 27, 2018
    Applicant: OTTO BOCK HEALTHCARE PRODUCTS GMBH
    Inventors: Johannis Willem VAN VLIET, Hans DIETL
  • ARTIFICIAL FINGER
    Publication number: 20160089251
    Abstract: An artificial finger for prosthetics and gripping technology, with a base, a first finger member mounted on the base in articulated manner, at least one secondary member mounted on the first finger member in articulated manner, and a drive for adjusting the secondary member relative to the first finger member and the first finger member relative to the base. At least one reset element is provided for resetting the first finger member and the secondary member, and the first finger member is acted upon with a resetting force which differs from the secondary member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2014
    Publication date: March 31, 2016
    Applicant: OTTO BOCK HEALTHCARE PRODUCTS GMBH
    Inventors: Clemens MANDL, Leopold OECKER, Richard SKIERA, Johannis Willem VAN VLIET, Ronald NADERER, Paolo FERRARA, Florian SCHAUSBERGER