Patents by Inventor Roger Gassert
Roger Gassert 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).
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Publication number: 20230157922Abstract: A moving device for moving a human thumb, in particular for moving the thumb between a resting position and a grasping position. A thumb bending section is adapted to at least partially move the thumb between a flexed position and an extended position. The thumb bending section has a gear unit for transforming a rotation of a rotation element, which is rotatably mounted to a housing, into an essentially linear movement between a translation element and the housing. The thumb bending section further has a first flexion spring mechanically connected to the translation element and adapted to be fixed with a first proximal end of the first flexion spring relative to a human thumb at a position in a proximal distance to the metacarpophalangeal joint or at a position between the metacarpophalangeal joint and the carpometacarpal joint.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 15, 2022Publication date: May 25, 2023Applicant: ETH ZurichInventors: Tobias Lukas BUETZER, Antoine Nicolas AUPEE, Roger GASSERT, Olivier LAMBERCY, Urs Alexander Tassilo HOFMANN
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Publication number: 20220071794Abstract: A body support device to support at least one part of a body when lifting and/or carrying, having at least a first body fastening element fixable above a human's hip joint, at least a second body fastening element mechanically fixable below a human's hip joint and merely on the back side at least one elastic, which mechanically connects the first and the second body fastening element on the back side. The elastic is adapted to be tensioned when a person mechanically linked to the body support device is bending down and to apply an erecting force to the person when the person is bent down. A biasing device adjusts the length of the elastic between the respective fixations on the first body fastening element and the second body fastening element and has a pivotable mounted eccentric element adapted to apply a compressive force on the elastic and a counterpressure surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 17, 2021Publication date: March 10, 2022Applicant: ETH ZURICHInventors: Volker BARTENBACH, Jan Thomas MEYER, Rrahim GASHI, Roger GASSERT
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Patent number: 10912497Abstract: A device for detecting and evaluating movements of a user comprises a processing unit, a data memory, a sensor unit with at least one biometric sensor, and a fastening device for fastening the sensor unit on an arm of the user. The processing unit is configured to detect movement data from movement signals generated by the sensor unit and to store the movement data in the data memory. The device further comprises an evaluation module with which secondary movement data, which represent passive arm movements of the user, are filterable out of the movement data. The device enables the detection and evaluation of movements of an arm of the user in an efficient way.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2016Date of Patent: February 9, 2021Assignees: TYROMOTION GMBH, ETH ZÜRICH, UNIVERSITÄT ZÜRICH, ZÜRCHER HOCHSCHULE DER KÜNSTEInventors: Karmen Franinovic, Dinis Meier, Samuel Bauer, Roger Gassert, Yeongmi Kim, Kaspar Leuenberger, Andreas Luft, Jeremia Held
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Publication number: 20180235519Abstract: A device for detecting and evaluating movements of a user comprises a processing unit, a data memory, a sensor unit with at least one biometric sensor, and a fastening device for fastening the sensor unit on an arm of the user. The processing unit is configured to detect movement data from movement signals generated by the sensor unit and to store the movement data in the data memory. The device further comprises an evaluation module with which secondary movement data, which represent passive arm movements of the user, are filterable out of the movement data. The device enables the detection and evaluation of movements of an arm of the user in an efficient way.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 23, 2016Publication date: August 23, 2018Inventors: Karmen FRANINOVIC, Dinis MEIER, Samuel BAUER, Roger GASSERT, Yeongmi KIM, Kaspar LEUENBERGER, Andreas LUFT, Jeremia HELD
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Patent number: 10028880Abstract: In a hand exoskeleton device, according to a three-layered sliding spring mechanism, the motion of the device is changed by a single drive mechanism to transmit power to the metacarpophalangeal, proximal and distal interphalangeal joints of a human finger, thereby enabling support of the daily activity motions of the finger. According to the hand exoskeleton device, when compared with a conventional device, there can be realized a device which is small in size and weight and is capable of supporting the gripping motions of the human finger. The hand exoskeleton device is characterized in that the three joints of the finger can be bent and extended by the single drive mechanism and it can transmit large drive power. Further, the device body is flexible, thereby enabling safe movement.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2014Date of Patent: July 24, 2018Assignee: Kyushu University, National University CorporationInventors: Jumpei Arata, Roger Gassert
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Publication number: 20160015590Abstract: In a hand exoskeleton device, according to a three-layered sliding spring mechanism, the motion of the device is changed by a single drive mechanism to transmit power to the metacarpophalangeal, proximal and distal interphalangeal joints of a human finger, thereby enabling support of the daily activity motions of the finger. According to the hand exoskeleton device, when compared with a conventional device, there can be realized a device which is small in size and weight and is capable of supporting the gripping motions of the human finger. The hand exoskeleton device is characterized in that the three joints of the finger can be bent and extended by the single drive mechanism and it can transmit large drive power. Further, the device body is flexible, thereby enabling safe movement.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 7, 2014Publication date: January 21, 2016Applicant: Kyushu University, National University CorporationInventors: Jumpei ARATA, Roger GASSERT
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Patent number: 8922759Abstract: The invention describes an electronic travel aid (ETA) for blind and visually impaired persons implemented in a detachable handle of a white cane. The device enhances the functionality of the white cane giving the user more detailed information about the environment within a defined corridor of interest in front of the user with an extended range of a few meters up to 10 m. It provides a reliable warning if there is a risk of collision with obstacles including those at trunk or head height, which are not recognized by a conventional white cane. Additional sensors are integrated to delimit the defined corridor during the cane sweeping thereby reducing the amount of information that is transmitted to the user via the tactile interface. Alternatively, the device can be used independently from the cane as an object recognition and orientation aid.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2013Date of Patent: December 30, 2014Assignee: MESA Imaging AGInventors: Roger Gassert, Yeongmi Kim, Thierry Oggier, Markus Riesch, Mathias Deschler, Cornelia Prott, Stefan Beat Schneller, Vincent Hayward