Patents by Inventor Michael Schiess

Michael Schiess 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).

  • Publication number: 20200298402
    Abstract: A robotic device for operation in association with an appendage of a user, wherein the appendage of the user has an endpoint, the robotic device comprising: a base; and a robotic arm attached to the base and having an end-point, the robotic arm having at least two active degrees of freedom relative to the base and being configured so that when the base is appropriately positioned relative to a user, the reference frame of the robotic device is oriented generally similarly to the reference frame of the user and motions of the endpoint of the appendage of the user are mimicked by motions of the endpoint of the robotic arm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2016
    Publication date: September 24, 2020
    Inventors: William T. Townsend, David Wilkinson, Alexander Jenko, Julian Leland, Arvind Ananthanarayanan, James Patton, Claude Valle, Michael Morin, Donald Drumm, Amy Blank, Brian Zenowich, Michael Schiess
  • Publication number: 20200179212
    Abstract: A robotic device for operation in association with a body of a user, wherein the body of the user comprises a torso and a limb, the robotic device comprising: a base; an arm having a first end and a second end, the first end of the arm being mounted to the base; an endpoint device having a first end and a second end, the first end of the endpoint device being mounted to the second end of the arm; and a grip configured to be gripped by a limb of a user, wherein the grip is mounted to the second end of the endpoint device, and further wherein the grip is adjustable relative to the endpoint device along a pitch axis, a yaw axis and a roll axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2020
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Inventors: David D. Wilkinson, Alvin Yen, Claude F. Valle, IV, Michael Schiess, William T. Townsend