Patents by Inventor Kai Schmidt
Kai Schmidt 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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Patent number: 11883343Abstract: A soft wearable muscle assisting device has at least a wearable body interface and attached thereon elements of active and passive components, adapted to together assist a user in changing or maintaining a position of a first body part articulated to a second body part. The wearable body interface comprises at least two gar-ment portions. The active and passive components comprise at least one actively powered element. The passive components comprise at least a first passive component and a second passive component that both extend between the at least two garment components and comprise elastic material for storing energy provided by the user and/or by the at least one actively powered element. The first and a second passive components are arranged on opposite sides of a joint of the body.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2017Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: ETH ZURICHInventors: Robert Riener, Jaime Duarte, Kai Schmidt
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Patent number: 11464700Abstract: In at least one aspect, there is provided a system for generating force about one or more joints including a soft exosuit having a plurality of anchor elements and at least one connection element disposed between the plurality of anchor elements. The system also includes at least one sensor to determine a force the at least one connection element or at least one of the plurality of anchor elements and to output signals relating to the force, at least one actuator configured to change a tension in the soft exosuit and at least one controller configured to receive the signals output from the at least one sensor and actuate the at least one actuator responsive to the received signals.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2016Date of Patent: October 11, 2022Assignee: President and Fellows of Harvard CollegeInventors: Alan Thomas Asbeck, Ye Ding, Robert Joseph Dyer, Ignacio Galiana Bujanda, Arnar Freyr Larusson, Brendan Thomas Quinlivan, Kai Schmidt, Diana Wagner, Conor J. Walsh, Michael Wehner
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Publication number: 20220226182Abstract: The present invention relates to a wearable assistive device.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 24, 2020Publication date: July 21, 2022Applicant: MYOSWISS AGInventors: Gleb KOGINOV, Kai SCHMIDT
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Publication number: 20210322248Abstract: The present invention relates to a wearable active assisting device comprising an actuator in use to provide a limb assistance and coupled to a limb to be actively assisted via at least one force transmission element to be elongated or shortened by the actuator; and a control having an input for signals from a plurality of sensors, a signal processing stage for processing input signals from the plurality of sensors, and an output stage for outputting a motor actuation signal in accordance with the processed sensor signals; wherein the control further has a limb assistance degree selection input for selecting a degree of limb assistance; and wherein the signal processor stage is adapted to continuously model an elongation of the at least one force transmission element to be elongated or shortened corresponding to a movement or posture currently detected by the plurality of sensors to output a continuous actuator actuation signal according to a modeled elongation of the at least one force transmission element tType: ApplicationFiled: September 6, 2019Publication date: October 21, 2021Inventors: Alejandro Sancho PUCHADES, Kai SCHMIDT
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Publication number: 20210315514Abstract: A wearable assistive device is suggested comprising a force transmitting interconnection arrangement interconnecting in use a left limb of a user with a right limb of a user in a force transmitting manner; and a deflection arrangement guiding in use the force transmitting member along a path close to the body of a user, the path having a length dependent on the posture of the user; wherein the deflection arrangement comprises at least one elastic element engaging at one end thereof the force transmitting interconnection in between the left limb and the right limb in a manner deflecting the force transmitting interconnection from a straight line by an amount dependent on the excursion of the elastic element.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 6, 2019Publication date: October 14, 2021Applicant: MYOSWISS AGInventor: Kai SCHMIDT
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Publication number: 20200235544Abstract: Laser annealing apparatus includes a plurality of frequency-tripled solid-state lasers, each delivering an output beam of radiation at a wavelength between 340 nm and 360 nm. Each output beam has a beam-quality factor (M2) greater of than 50 in one transverse axis and greater than 20 in another transverse axis. The output beams are combined and formed into a line-beam that is projected on a substrate being annealed. Each output beam contributes to the length of the line-beam.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 13, 2020Publication date: July 23, 2020Applicant: Coherent, Inc.Inventors: Norman HODGSON, Andrea CAPRARA, Kai SCHMIDT
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Publication number: 20190343707Abstract: A soft wearable muscle assisting device has at least a wearable body interface and attached thereon elements of active and passive components, adapted to together assist a user in changing or maintaining a position of a first body part articulated to a second body part. The wearable body interface comprises at least two gar-ment portions. The active and passive components comprise at least one actively powered element. The passive components comprise at least a first passive component and a second passive component that both extend between the at least two garment components and comprise elastic material for storing energy provided by the user and/or by the at least one actively powered element. The first and a second passive components are arranged on opposite sides of a joint of the body.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2017Publication date: November 14, 2019Applicant: ETH ZurichInventors: Robert Riener, Jaime Duarte, Kai Schmidt
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Patent number: 10427293Abstract: In at least one aspect, there is provided a system for generating force about one or more joints including a soft exosuit having a plurality of anchor elements and at least one connection element disposed between the plurality of anchor elements. The system also includes at least one sensor to determine a force the at least one connection element or at least one of the plurality of anchor elements and to output signals relating to the force, at least one actuator configured to change a tension in the soft exosuit and at least one controller configured to receive the signals output from the at least one sensor and actuate the at least one actuator responsive to the received signals.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2015Date of Patent: October 1, 2019Assignee: Prisident and Fellows of Harvard CollegeInventors: Alan Thomas Asbeck, Ignacio Galiana Bujanda, Ye Ding, Robert Joseph Dyer, Arnar Freyr Larusson, Brendan Thomas Quinlivan, Kai Schmidt, Diana Wagner, Conor J. Walsh, Michael Wehner
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Publication number: 20160220438Abstract: In at least one aspect, there is provided a system for generating force about one or more joints including a soft exosuit having a plurality of anchor elements and at least one connection element disposed between the plurality of anchor elements. The system also includes at least one sensor to determine a force the at least one connection element or at least one of the plurality of anchor elements and to output signals relating to the force, at least one actuator configured to change a tension in the soft exosuit and at least one controller configured to receive the signals output from the at least one sensor and actuate the at least one actuator responsive to the received signals.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 13, 2016Publication date: August 4, 2016Inventors: Conor Walsh, Alan Thomas Asbeck, Ignacio Galiana Bujanda, Ye Ding, Robert Joseph Dyer, Arnar Freyr Larusson, Brandan Thomas Quinlivan, Kai Schmidt, Diana Wagner, Michael Wehner
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Patent number: 9351900Abstract: In at least one aspect, there is provided a system for generating force about one or more joints including a soft exosuit having a plurality of anchor elements and at least one connection element disposed between the plurality of anchor elements. The system also includes at least one sensor to determine a force the at least one connection element or at least one of the plurality of anchor elements and to output signals relating to the force, at least one actuator configured to change a tension in the soft exosuit and at least one controller configured to receive the signals output from the at least one sensor and actuate the at least one actuator responsive to the received signals.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2013Date of Patent: May 31, 2016Assignee: President and Fellows of Harvard CollegeInventors: Conor Walsh, Alan Thomas Asbeck, Ignacio Galiana Bujanda, Ye Ding, Robert Joseph Dyer, Arnar Freyr Larusson, Brendan Thomas Quinlivan, Kai Schmidt, Diana Wagner, Michael Wehner
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Patent number: 9238837Abstract: The invention relates to a method for determining the temporal phase of acute kidney injury, comprising obtaining a test sample from a subject and measuring the expression level of at least one biomarker selected from the group comprising Chac1, Birc5 and Angptl7. The invention also relates to a method for determining the early early phase, the late early phase, the severity and/or timing of acute kidney injury via analysis of the biomarkers Chac1, Birc5 and/or Angptl7, in addition to a test kit for carrying out said methods and antibodies directed against Chac1, Birc5 or Angptl7.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2011Date of Patent: January 19, 2016Assignee: MAX-DELBRUECK-CENTRUM FUER MOLEKULARE MEDIZINInventors: Kai Schmidt-Ott, Anne Wuebken
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Publication number: 20150321339Abstract: In at least one aspect, there is provided a system for generating force about one or more joints including a soft exosuit having a plurality of anchor elements and at least one connection element disposed between the plurality of anchor elements. The system also includes at least one sensor to determine a force the at least one connection element or at least one of the plurality of anchor elements and to output signals relating to the force, at least one actuator configured to change a tension in the soft exosuit and at least one controller configured to receive the signals output from the at least one sensor and actuate the at least one actuator responsive to the received signals.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 17, 2015Publication date: November 12, 2015Inventors: Alan Thomas Asbeck, Ignacio Galiana Bujanda, Ye Ding, Robert Joseph Dyer, Arnar Freyr Larusson, Brendan Thomas Quinlivan, Kai Schmidt, Diana Wagner, Conor Walsh, Michael Wehner
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Publication number: 20150173993Abstract: In at least one aspect, there is provided a system for generating force about one or more joints including a soft exosuit having a plurality of anchor elements and at least one connection element disposed between the plurality of anchor elements. The system also includes at least one sensor to determine a force the at least one connection element or at least one of the plurality of anchor elements and to output signals relating to the force, at least one actuator configured to change a tension in the soft exosuit and at least one controller configured to receive the signals output from the at least one sensor and actuate the at least one actuator responsive to the received signals.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 17, 2013Publication date: June 25, 2015Inventors: Conor Walsh, Alan Thomas Asbeck, Ignacio Galiana Bujanda, Ye Ding, Robert Joseph Dyer, Arnar Freyr Larusson, Brendan Thomas Quinlivan, Kai Schmidt, Diana Wagner, Michael Wehner
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Publication number: 20130165338Abstract: The invention relates to a method for determining the temporal phase of acute kidney injury, comprising obtaining a test sample from a subject and measuring the expression level of at least one biomarker selected from the group comprising Chac1, Birc5 and Angpt17. The invention also relates to a method for determining the early early phase, the late early phase, the severity and/or timing of acute kidney injury via analysis of the biomarkers Chac1, Birc5 and/or Angptl7, in addition to a test kit for carrying out said methods and antibodies directed against Chac1, Birc5 or Angptl7.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 17, 2011Publication date: June 27, 2013Applicant: MAX-DELBRUECK-CENTRUM FUER MOLEKULARE MEDIZINInventors: Kai Schmidt-Ott, Anne Wuebken
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Publication number: 20130034118Abstract: An excimer laser includes a laser housing containing a lasing-gas mixture including a halogen. Contaminants including particulate matter and a metal halide vapor are generated in the lasing-gas mixture during operation of the laser. A gas-cleaning arrangement extracts lasing-gas mixture from the housing and passes the lasing-gas mixture through an electrode assembly. A repeatedly pulsed gas discharge is created in the electrode assembly by driving the electrode assembly with repeated high-power short-duration pulses. The pulsed discharge causes disintegration of the metal halide vapor and electrostatic trapping in the electrode assembly of the particulate matter and products of the metal halide disintegration.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 4, 2011Publication date: February 7, 2013Applicant: Coherent GmbHInventors: Igor Bragin, Oleg Melnikov, Timur Misyuraev, Andreas Targsdorf, Kai Schmidt
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Publication number: 20080090765Abstract: The invention is directed to compositions comprising two or more compounds selected from the group consisting of stem cell factor, cytokine like factor-1, CXCL14, FRAS1, neuropeptide Y, Semaphorin 3C, Cyr 61, USAG-1, IGF-BP2, WNT 6, WNT 9B, SHH, BMP-7, kit ligand, SOSTDC1, semaphorin 4D, NME3, laminin gamma 2, laminin alpha 5, laminin gamma 1, collagen triple helix repeat containing 1, nephronectin, collagen XVIII and laminin alpha 1, and methods of using the compositions to modulate the growth of embryonic or adult kidney tissue or to treat kidney damage in a mammal. The invention is also related to a kit for treating kidney damage.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 25, 2007Publication date: April 17, 2008Applicant: THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORKInventors: Kai Schmidt-Ott, Jonathan Barasch, Jun Yang
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Patent number: 7253905Abstract: A process for the determination and correction of laser induced damages of the optical and electronic components within the beam path of a monitor module of a 193 nm excimer lasers is provided herein. Especially state of the art detectors like CCD cameras degrade under UV radiation. With a special correction of the sensitivity of each camera pixel this problem can be solved.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2003Date of Patent: August 7, 2007Inventors: Dirk L. Basting, Kai Schmidt, Holger Bald, Christian Schramm
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Publication number: 20040233306Abstract: A process for the determination and correction of laser induced damages of the optical and electronic components within the beam path of a monitor module of a 193 nm excimer lasers is provided herein. Especially state of the art detectors like CCD cameras degrade under UV radiation. With a special correction of the sensitivity of each camera pixel this problem can be solved.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 20, 2003Publication date: November 25, 2004Inventors: Dirk L. Basting, Kai Schmidt, Holger Bald, Christian Schramm
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Publication number: 20030079561Abstract: A selector lever protection device for a selector lever of an automatic transmission includes a locking element, which is assigned a locking member that can be released by means of a brake actuation switch or an ignition lock switch and is in operative connection with a final control element, the final control element being designed as a static or immobile final control element, such as a magnetic clamp, and it being possible for the locking member to be set to a locking position I by the final control element and to a state that differs from this locking position I and in which it is free of forces and/or loads.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 11, 2002Publication date: May 1, 2003Applicant: DaimlerChrysler AGInventors: Kai Schmidt, Armin Segeler
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Publication number: 20010011844Abstract: In the method according to the invention, when the operating voltage (BS) supplied by a primary voltage source fails in a program-controlled circuit arrangement (STB), the latter is supplied with supply voltage (VS) by a standby voltage source (EQ) with a limited energy reserve. Depending on the level of the supply voltage (VS), at least one subfunction of the functions realized in the circuit arrangement (STB) is deactivated in dependence on the importance of the said functions and/or the function sequence-specific energy consumption of the said functions, the energy reserve of the standby voltage source (EQ) being optimally utilized taking account of the overall functionality.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 26, 1999Publication date: August 9, 2001Inventors: EDMUND ERNST, JOSEF KLEIN, KAI SCHMIDT