Patents by Inventor Rosa Abani

Rosa Abani 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).

  • Minimal access tool
    Patent number: 9675370
    Abstract: A minimal access tool includes a frame arranged to be attached to an arm of a user, a tool shaft having a proximal end and a distal end, where the tool shaft proximal end is connected to the frame. The tool further includes an input joint having a first end connected to the frame and a second end arranged to receive user input, the input joint including a virtual center-of-rotation (VC) mechanism which provides a center of rotation that generally coincides with a wrist joint of the user. An output joint is connected to the tool shaft distal end, where the output joint is coupled to the input joint via a mechanical transmission connected therebetween to correlate motion of the input joint to motion of the output joint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
    Inventors: Shorya Awtar, Jens Nielsen, Tristan Thomas Trutna, Andrew Mansfield, Rosa Abani, Patrick Quigley, James Geiger
  • MINIMAL ACCESS TOOL
    Publication number: 20140142595
    Abstract: A minimal access tool includes a frame arranged to be attached to an arm of a user, a tool shaft having a proximal end and a distal end, where the tool shaft proximal end is connected to the frame. The tool further includes an input joint having a first end connected to the frame and a second end arranged to receive user input, the input joint including a virtual center-of-rotation (VC) mechanism which provides a center of rotation that generally coincides with a wrist joint of the user. An output joint is connected to the tool shaft distal end, where the output joint is coupled to the input joint via a mechanical transmission connected therebetween to correlate motion of the input joint to motion of the output joint.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2014
    Publication date: May 22, 2014
    Applicant: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
    Inventors: Shorya Awtar, Jens Nielsen, Tristan Thomas Trutna, Andrew Mansfield, Rosa Abani, Patrick Quigley, James Geiger
  • Minimal access tool
    Patent number: 8668702
    Abstract: A minimal access tool includes a frame arranged to be attached to an arm of a user, a tool shaft having a proximal end and a distal end, where the tool shaft proximal end is connected to the frame. The tool further includes an input joint having a first end connected to the frame and a second end arranged to receive user input, the input joint including a virtual center-of-rotation (VC) mechanism which provides a center of rotation that generally coincides with a wrist joint of the user. An output joint is connected to the tool shaft distal end, where the output joint is coupled to the input joint via a mechanical transmission connected therebetween to correlate motion of the input joint to motion of the output joint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2014
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of Michigan
    Inventors: Shorya Awtar, Jens Nielsen, Tristan Trutna, Andrew Mansfield, Rosa Abani, James Geiger, Patrick Quigley
  • MINIMAL ACCESS TOOL
    Publication number: 20120041450
    Abstract: A minimal access tool includes a frame arranged to be attached to an arm of a user, a tool shaft having a proximal end and a distal end, where the tool shaft proximal end is connected to the frame. The tool further includes an input joint having a first end connected to the frame and a second end arranged to receive user input, the input joint including a virtual center-of-rotation (VC) mechanism which provides a center of rotation that generally coincides with a wrist joint of the user. An output joint is connected to the tool shaft distal end, where the output joint is coupled to the input joint via a mechanical transmission connected therebetween to correlate motion of the input joint to motion of the output joint.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2009
    Publication date: February 16, 2012
    Applicant: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
    Inventors: Shorya Awtar, Jens Nielsen, Tristan Trutna, Andrew Mansfield, Rosa Abani, James Geiger, Patrick Quigley