Patents by Inventor Michael MATTMANN

Michael MATTMANN 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).

  • USE OF A THERMOSET SHAPE MEMORY MATERIAL IN A THREAD-LIKE VARIABLE STIFFNESS DEVICE AND THREAD-LIKE VARIABLE STIFFNESS DEVICE
    Publication number: 20230257510
    Abstract: A thread-like variable stiffness device including an elongate shaft, the shaft includes a polymeric material, and a heat conducting device configured to exchange heat with the polymeric material to cause a phase transition of the polymeric material conferring a variable stiffness to the thread-like device, wherein the polymeric material is a thermoset shape memory material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2021
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Applicant: ETH ZURICH
    Inventors: Carmela DE MARCO, Michael MATTMANN, Jonas LUSSI, Christophe CHAUTEMS, Bradley James NELSON