Patents by Inventor Ming Jeat FOO

Ming Jeat FOO 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).

  • BALANCE-ASSISTIVE DEVICE AND SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20260014044
    Abstract: A device having a support interface and one or more sensors disposed to sense forces exerted on the support interface. The device includes a linkage structure having a plurality of lower-pair joints and a plurality of linkages. The support interface is coupled to one of the plurality of linkages. Each of the plurality of lower-pair joints couples two of the plurality of linkages such that the linkage structure defines a closed kinematic chain. A selected plurality of the lower-pair joints is a plurality of lockable lower-pair joints. Each of the plurality of lockable lower-pair joints has a locally actuatable braking mechanism that is actuatable independently of any other of the plurality of lower-pair joints.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2023
    Publication date: January 15, 2026
    Inventors: Wei Tech ANG, Lei LI, Shi Wei WU, Youlong WANG, Jiaying CAI, Jiaye CHEN, Ming Jeat FOO, Kuan Yuee TAN, Sui Geok Karen CHUA, Seng Kwee WEE, Wee Keong Christopher KUAH, Huiting ZHUO
  • Mobility aid
    Patent number: 12036158
    Abstract: A mobility aid is provided. The mobility aid includes a mobile base movable along a mobile-base-movement plane, the mobile base having a plurality of wheels. The mobility aid also includes a seat pivotably coupled to the mobile base in a manner so as to be pivotable between a sitting disposition, in which the seat is oriented parallel to the mobile-base-movement plane, and a standing disposition, in which the seat is oriented perpendicular to the mobile-base-movement plane and a sitting surface of the seat is facing forward with respect to a forward-movement direction of the mobile base. The mobility aid also includes a balance-assist unit having a balance-assist-linkage mechanism coupled to the seat, and a body-support-module coupled to the balance-assist-linkage mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignees: NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY, TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL PTE LTD
    Inventors: Wei Tech Ang, Lei Li, Ming Jeat Foo, Carlo Tiseo, Seng Kwee Wee
  • MOBILITY AID
    Publication number: 20220096295
    Abstract: A mobility aid is provided. The mobility aid includes a mobile base movable along a mobile-base-movement plane, the mobile base having a plurality of wheels. The mobility aid also includes a seat pivotably coupled to the mobile base in a manner so as to be pivotable between a sitting disposition, in which the seat is oriented parallel to the mobile-base-movement plane, and a standing disposition, in which the seat is oriented perpendicular to the mobile-base-movement plane and a sitting surface of the seat is facing forward with respect to a forward-movement direction of the mobile base. The mobility aid also includes a balance-assist unit having a balance-assist-linkage mechanism coupled to the seat, and a body-support-module coupled to the balance-assist-linkage mechanism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2020
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Inventors: Wei Tech ANG, Lei LI, Ming Jeat FOO, Carlo TISEO, Seng Kwee WEE