Patents by Inventor MICHAEL JAMES PREWITT

MICHAEL JAMES PREWITT 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).

  • Blade shroud design for a leg prosthetic
    Patent number: 9668886
    Abstract: Blade-type prosthesis assemblies include a socket securable to a wearer of the prosthesis assembly and a blade securable to the socket. The blade has a blade body extending between a blade bottom and a blade top. The assembly further includes a base plate securable to the blade bottom. The base plate includes a shroud retainer element. The assembly further comprises a blade shroud covering at least a portion of the blade body and securable to the shroud retainer element and at least one of the socket and the blade body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: Altair Engineering, Inc.
    Inventors: Craig Mackiewicz, Michael James Prewitt, Kevin Robert Shinn, Justin Robert Shinn, Erick Shinichi Ikeda, Jacques Magloire Perrault, Benjamin Douglas Hefner, Larry James Parker, III, Bradley James Hassberger, Edward Frederick Wettlaufer, Jr.
  • SUIT DESIGN FOR A LEG PROSTHETIC
    Publication number: 20160045339
    Abstract: A garment for retaining a prosthesis assembly includes a sleeve configured to encase at least a portion of a limb and at least a portion of a prosthesis for the limb. The garment further includes tension bands extending along the sleeve and configured to secure the prosthesis to the limb. Another exemplary garment is a body suit including a pant leg configured to encase at least a portion of a leg and at least a portion of a leg prosthesis. The body suit further includes tension bands integrally extending from the pant leg along a torso portion of the body suit and around a shoulder portion of the body suit and configured to secure the leg prosthesis to the leg.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2015
    Publication date: February 18, 2016
    Inventors: CRAIG MACKIEWICZ, MICHAEL JAMES PREWITT, KEVIN ROBERT SHINN, JUSTIN ROBERT SHINN, ERICK SHINICHI IKEDA, JACQUES MAGLOIRE PERRAULT, BENJAMIN DOUGLAS HEFNER, LARRY JAMES PARKER, III, BRADLEY JAMES HASSBERGER, EDWARD FREDERICK WETTLAUFER, JR., BRITTANY NICOLE LEEK
  • BASE PLATE AND BLADE DESIGN FOR A LEG PROSTHETIC
    Publication number: 20160045337
    Abstract: A blade-type prosthesis assembly includes a blade body extending between a blade bottom and a blade top. The blade top is securable to a socket for a limb and the blade bottom defines a convex surface formed by at least one edge of the blade bottom curving toward the blade top. The prosthesis assembly further includes a base plate. The base plate includes a base plate top surface securable to the blade bottom, a base plate bottom surface opposing the base plate top surface, and a plurality of ground-engaging elements extending from the base plate bottom surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2015
    Publication date: February 18, 2016
    Inventors: CRAIG MACKIEWICZ, MICHAEL JAMES PREWITT, KEVIN ROBERT SHINN, JUSTIN ROBERT SHINN, ERICK SHINICHI IKEDA, JACQUES MAGLOIRE PERRAULT, BENJAMIN DOUGLAS HEFNER, LARRY JAMES PARKER, III, BRADLEY JAMES HASSBERGER, EDWARD FREDERICK WETTLAUFER, JR.
  • BLADE SHROUD DESIGN FOR A LEG PROSTHETIC
    Publication number: 20160045338
    Abstract: Blade-type prosthesis assemblies include a socket securable to a wearer of the prosthesis assembly and a blade securable to the socket. The blade has a blade body extending between a blade bottom and a blade top. The assembly further includes a base plate securable to the blade bottom. The base plate includes a shroud retainer element. The assembly further comprises a blade shroud covering at least a portion of the blade body and securable to the shroud retainer element and at least one of the socket and the blade body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2015
    Publication date: February 18, 2016
    Inventors: CRAIG MACKIEWICZ, MICHAEL JAMES PREWITT, KEVIN ROBERT SHINN, JUSTIN ROBERT SHINN, ERICK SHINICHI IKEDA, JACQUES MAGLOIRE PERRAULT, BENJAMIN DOUGLAS HEFNER, LARRY JAMES PARKER, III, BRADLEY JAMES HASSBERGER, EDWARD FREDERICK WETTLAUFER, JR.