Patents by Inventor K. Alex Shorter

K. Alex Shorter 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).

  • Portable active pneumatically powered ankle-foot orthosis
    Patent number: 9480618
    Abstract: A portable active fluid-powered ankle foot orthosis. A lower leg mount and a foot bed are pivotally coupled at or proximate to an ankle position. A fluid powered rotary actuator is configured to receive power from a wearable fluid power source and provide controlled force and resistance to aid or inhibit relative rotation of the foot bed and the lower leg mount. An integral controller is provided for receiving data from sensors and controlling the fluid powered rotary actuator to actively assist gait of a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2016
    Inventors: Elizabeth T. Hsiao-Wecksler, K. Alex Shorter, Vito Gervasi, Douglas L. Cook, Richard Remmers, Geza F. Kogler, William K. Durfee
  • PORTABLE ACTIVE PNEUMATICALLY POWERED ANKLE-FOOT ORTHOSIS
    Publication number: 20120289870
    Abstract: A portable active fluid-powered ankle foot orthosis. A lower leg mount and a foot bed are pivotally coupled at or proximate to an ankle position. A fluid powered rotary actuator is configured to receive power from a wearable fluid power source and provide controlled force and resistance to aid or inhibit relative rotation of the foot bed and the lower leg mount. An integral controller is provided for receiving data from sensors and controlling the fluid powered rotary actuator to actively assist gait of a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2012
    Publication date: November 15, 2012
    Applicant: THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS
    Inventors: Elizabeth T. Hsiao-Wecksler, K. Alex Shorter, Vito Gervasi, Douglas L. Cook, Richard Remmers, Geza F. Kogler, William K. Durfee
  • PORTABLE ACTIVE FLUID POWERED ANKLE-FOOT ORTHOSIS
    Publication number: 20110112447
    Abstract: A portable active pneumatically-powered ankle foot orthosis. A lower leg mount and a foot bed are pivotally coupled at or proximate to an ankle position. A pneumatically powered rotary actuator is configured to receive power from a wearable fluid power source and provide controlled force and resistance to aid or inhibit relative rotation of the foot bed and the lower leg mount. Embedded sensors provide feedback from the device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2010
    Publication date: May 12, 2011
    Applicant: THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS
    Inventors: Elizabeth T. Hsiao-Wecksler, Joel Nelson Gilmer, Geza Kogler, Eric Loth, K. Alex Shorter, Jason Evan Thomas