Patents by Inventor Kimberly J. STUBBS

Kimberly J. STUBBS 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).

  • Patent number: 12213929
    Abstract: Provided herein is a method, apparatus, and system for teleoperated, functional electric stimulation actuated rehabilitative cycling. Methods may include: receiving, at a master system, rotational input generating master system sensor input having a master system cadence; providing the master system sensor input including the master system cadence to a controller based on the rotational input from a rehabilitation participant or a remote therapist received at the master system; receiving, at a slave system, rotational input from the rehabilitation participant generating slave sensor input having a slave system cadence; providing the slave system sensor input including the slave system cadence to the controller based on the rotational input from the participant received at the slave system; and providing, from the controller, feedback through the master system in response to a difference between the master system cadence and the slave system cadence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Warren E. Dixon, Kimberly J. Stubbs, Brendon Allen
  • Publication number: 20240042260
    Abstract: Provided herein is a method, apparatus, and system a motor-assisted stationary rehabilitation cycle employing a closed-loop control scheme. Methods may include: determining a desired set point rotational speed of a pair of pedals connected to a crankshaft; determining an upper bound and a lower bound about the desired set point rotational speed; determining a crankshaft rotational speed; increasing torque using a motor connected, at least indirectly, to the crankshaft in a first rotational direction, resisting rotation of the crankshaft in response to the rotational speed of the crankshaft approaching the upper bound; and increasing torque using the motor in a second rotational direction, opposite the first rotational direction in response to the rotational speed of the crankshaft approaching the lower bound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2023
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Inventors: Warren E. DIXON, Kimberly J. Stubbs, Emily J. Griffis, Wanjiku A. Makumi, Hannah M. Sweatland, Tanja Taivassalo, Donovan Lott
  • Publication number: 20220104989
    Abstract: Provided herein is a method, apparatus, and system for teleoperated, functional electric stimulation actuated rehabilitative cycling. Methods may include: receiving, at a master system, rotational input generating master system sensor input having a master system cadence; providing the master system sensor input including the master system cadence to a controller based on the rotational input from a rehabilitation participant or a remote therapist received at the master system; receiving, at a slave system, rotational input from the rehabilitation participant generating slave sensor input having a slave system cadence; providing the slave system sensor input including the slave system cadence to the controller based on the rotational input from the participant received at the slave system; and providing, from the controller, feedback through the master system in response to a difference between the master system cadence and the slave system cadence.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2021
    Publication date: April 7, 2022
    Inventors: Warren E. DIXON, Kimberly J. STUBBS, Brendon ALLEN