Patents by Inventor Kimberly Arklie

Kimberly Arklie 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).

  • Low-cost prosthetic apparatus, methods, kits, and systems with improved force transfer elements
    Patent number: 11957606
    Abstract: Low-cost prosthetic apparatus, methods, kits, and systems with improved force transfer elements are disclosed. For example, the prosthetic apparatus may comprise: a plurality of first components manufactured from a first material to define 3D shapes with exterior surfaces resembling digits of a human hand; and a plurality of second components manufactured from a second material to define 2D shapes that are rotatably engageable with the 3D shapes to define force transfer elements operable to close the digits around an object responsive to a pull force applied to the force transfer elements, wherein the first material is different from the second material. Methods for manufacturing and assembling prosthetic apparatus also are disclosed along with related kits and systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Victoria Hand Project
    Inventors: Nikolai Dechev, Michael Carl Veikko Peirone, Kelly Knights, Kimberly Arklie
  • LOW-COST PROSTHETIC APPARATUS, METHODS, KITS, AND SYSTEMS WITH IMPROVED FORCE TRANSFER ELEMENTS
    Publication number: 20220133508
    Abstract: Low-cost prosthetic apparatus, methods, kits, and systems with improved force transfer elements are disclosed. For example, the prosthetic apparatus may comprise: a plurality of first components manufactured from a first material to define 3D shapes with exterior surfaces resembling digits of a human hand; and a plurality of second components manufactured from a second material to define 2D shapes that are rotatably engageable with the 3D shapes to define force transfer elements operable to close the digits around an object responsive to a pull force applied to the force transfer elements, wherein the first material is different from the second material. Methods for manufacturing and assembling prosthetic apparatus also are disclosed along with related kits and systems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2021
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Applicant: Victoria Hand Project
    Inventors: Nikolai Dechev, Michael Carl Veikko Peirone, Kelly Knights, Kimberly Arklie