Patents by Inventor Sebastian BETZ

Sebastian BETZ 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).

  • PROSTHESIS SOCKET AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AN ADJUSTMENT OF AN INNER CIRCUMFERENCE OF A PROSTHESIS SOCKET
    Publication number: 20230346576
    Abstract: A prosthesis socket having a proximal insertion opening and an inner circumference which at least partially surrounds a limb stump, at least one connection device for a prosthesis component, which is connectable to the prosthesis sockets at least one actuator operable to change the inner circumference of the prosthesis socket, and at least one sensor coupled to a control device, wherein the control device is connected to the actuator and activates or deactivates same, depending on the received sensor signals, and to a method for adjusting the inner circumference.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2023
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Applicant: OTTOBOCK SE & CO. KGAA
    Inventors: Christian WILL, Lars Benjamin FINKE, Sebastian BETZ
  • Prosthesis socket and method for controlling an adjustment of an inner circumference of a prosthesis socket
    Patent number: 11617667
    Abstract: A prosthesis socket having a proximal insertion opening and an inner circumference which at least partially surrounds a limb stump, at least one connection device for a prosthesis component, which is connectable to the prosthesis socket, at least one actuator operable to change the inner circumference of the prosthesis socket, and at least one sensor coupled to a control device, wherein the control device is connected to the actuator and activates or deactivates same, depending on the received sensor signals, and to a method for adjusting the inner circumference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: OTTOBOCK SE & CO. KGAA
    Inventors: Christian Will, Lars Benjamin Finke, Sebastian Betz
  • Method and device for determining a mechanical load
    Patent number: 11307103
    Abstract: A method for determining a mechanical load to which a component was exposed. The component comprises at least one sensor that is arranged in a force flow of the mechanical load and that emits a measurement signal in the event of a mechanical load.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: Ottobock SE & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Sebastian Betz, André Mueller
  • METHOD FOR PRODUCING AN ORTHOPEDIC DEVICE AND ORTHOPEDIC DEVICE
    Publication number: 20220031480
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing an orthopedic device, particularly a prosthesis liner, characterized in that the orthopedic device is produced at least partially by means of an additive manufacturing process from at least one production material that is introduced into a support material in a flowable state and then hardens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2019
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Applicant: Ottobock SE & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Ingrid Bause, Thomas Bertels, Sebastian Betz, Sarah Bierbaum, Lukas Brünjes, Hendryk Engelbart, Lars Benjamin Finke, Martin Hillman, Christian Müller
  • ENVELOPING BODY AND METHOD FOR DETECTING A CONTOUR OF AN AMPUTATION STUMP
    Publication number: 20210338457
    Abstract: The invention relates to an enveloping body for at least partially recording a contour of a limb, wherein the enveloping body has a base body, and at least one sensor that is configured to record measurement data which can be used to determine a distance and/or relative position between two points in or on the base body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2019
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Applicant: OTTOBOCK SE & CO. KGAA
    Inventors: Erik ALBRECHT-LAATSCH, Michael NOLTE, Jens DRIESEBERG, Christian WILL, Sebastian BETZ, Hendryk ENGELBART, Lars Benjamin FINKE, Thilo-Mathias BIELEFELD
  • METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETERMINING A MECHANICAL LOAD
    Publication number: 20200182713
    Abstract: A method for determining a mechanical load to which a component was exposed. The component comprises at least one sensor that is arranged in a force flow of the mechanical load and that emits a measurement signal in the event of a mechanical load.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2018
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Applicant: Ottobock SE & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Sebastian BETZ, André MUELLER
  • PROSTHETIC LINER, PROSTHESIS SOCKET OR ORTHOSIS
    Publication number: 20190192317
    Abstract: A prosthetic liner, prosthesis socket or orthosis with a base body, which has a volume through which gas can flow and which comprises at least one supply line and at least one evacuation line, wherein at least one compressed gas source, which is connected or can be connected to the at least one supply line such that an activation of an activation element causes compressed gas to flow out of the compressed gas source through the volume and at least partially cools the base body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2017
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Applicant: OTTOBOCK SE & CO. KGAA
    Inventors: Andre MULLER, Jorg KRUKENBERG, Sebastian BETZ