Patents by Inventor Lucas Daniel Johnson

Lucas Daniel Johnson 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).

  • Multiple degree of freedom rehabilitation system having a smart fluid-based, multi-mode actuator
    Patent number: 9403056
    Abstract: A rehabilitation system that combines robotics and interactive gaming to facilitate performance of task-specific, repetitive, upper extremity/hand motor tasks, to enable individuals undergoing rehabilitation to improve the performance of coordinated movements of the forearm and hand is disclosed. More specifically, the rehabilitation system includes a two degree-of-freedom (DOF) robotic, upper limb rehabilitation system and interactive gaming hardware that is coupled to a computer, to provide a virtual reality-like environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2016
    Assignees: Northeastern University, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital Corporation
    Inventors: Brian Weinberg, Paolo Bonato, Ozer Unluhisarcikli, Mark Sivak, Constantinos Mavroidis, Anat Mirelman, Lucas Daniel Johnson, Nicholas J. Pappas, Kyle Thomas Hackmeister, Daniel T. Lau
  • MULTIPLE DEGREE OF FREEDOM REHABILITATION SYSTEM HAVING A SMART FLUID-BASED, MULTI-MODE ACTUATOR
    Publication number: 20120109025
    Abstract: A rehabilitation system that combines robotics and interactive gaming to facilitate performance of task-specific, repetitive, upper extremity/hand motor tasks, to enable individuals undergoing rehabilitation to improve the performance of coordinated movements of the forearm and hand is disclosed. More specifically, the rehabilitation system includes a two degree-of-freedom (DOF) robotic, upper limb rehabilitation system and interactive gaming hardware that is coupled to a computer, to provide a virtual reality-like environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2010
    Publication date: May 3, 2012
    Applicant: NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Brian Weinberg, Paolo Bonato, Ozer Unluhisarcikli, Mark Sivak, Constantinos Mavroidis, Anat Mirelman, Lucas Daniel Johnson, Nicholas J. Pappas, Kyle Thomas Hackmeister, Daniel T. Lau