Patents by Inventor Susan Harkema

Susan Harkema 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).

  • Supine cycle
    Patent number: 9511256
    Abstract: A therapeutic muscle exercise device for assisting subjects in maintaining and regaining muscle tone through the use of functional electrical stimulation has an extremity support and a functional electrical stimulation controller. The extremity support is mounted on a mobile support which allows the device to be easily used when the subject is laying on a bed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignee: RESTORATIVE THERAPIES, INC.
    Inventors: Andrew Bruce Barriskill, Scott Simcox, Robert Flesher, Susan Harkema
  • SUPINE CYCLE
    Publication number: 20160016036
    Abstract: A therapeutic muscle exercise device for assisting subjects in maintaining and regaining muscle tone through the use of functional electrical stimulation has an extremity support and a functional electrical stimulation controller. The extremity support is mounted on a mobile support which allows the device to be easily used when the subject is laying on a bed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2015
    Publication date: January 21, 2016
    Inventors: Andrew Bruce Barriskill, Scott Simcox, Robert Flesher, Susan Harkema
  • Design of robotic gait rehabilitation by optimal motion of the hip
    Publication number: 20070016116
    Abstract: A method and a robotic device for locomotion training. The method involves shifting a subject's pelvis without directly contacting the subject's leg, thereby causing the subject's legs to move along a moveable surface. The device comprises two backdriveable robots, each having three pneumatic cylinders that connect to each other at their rod ends for attachment to the subject's torso. Also provided is a method of determining a locomotion training strategy for a pelvic-shifting robot by incorporating dynamic motion optimization.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2006
    Publication date: January 18, 2007
    Inventors: David Reinkensmeyer, Susan Harkema, V. Edgerton, James Bobrow, Chia Wang
  • Method, apparatus and system for automation of body weight support training (BWST) of biped locomotion over a treadmill using a programmable stepper device (PSD) operating like an exoskeleton drive system from a fixed base
    Publication number: 20040097330
    Abstract: A robotic exoskeleton and a control system for driving the robotic exoskeleton, including a method for making and using the robotic exoskeleton and its control system. The robotic exoskeleton has sensors embedded in it which provide feedback to the control system. Feedback is used from the motion of the legs themselves, as they deviate from a normal gait, to provide corrective pressure and guidance. The position versus time is sensed and compared to a normal gait profile. Various normal profiles are obtained based on studies of the population for age, weight, height and other variables.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2003
    Publication date: May 20, 2004
    Inventors: V. Reggie Edgerton, M. Kathleen Day, Susan Harkema, Antal K. Bejczy, James R. Weiss
  • METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATION OF BODY WEIGHT SUPPORT TRAINING (BWST) OF BIPED LOCOMOTION OVER A TREADMILL USING A PROGRAMMABLE STEPPER DEVICE (PSD) OPERATING LIKE AN EXOSKELETON DRIVE SYSTEM FROM A FIXED BASE
    Patent number: 6666831
    Abstract: A robotic exoskeleton and a control system for driving the robotic exoskeleton, including a method for making and using the robotic exoskeleton and its control system. The robotic exoskeleton has sensors embedded in it which provide feedback to the control system. Feedback is used from the motion of the legs themselves, as they deviate from a normal gait, to provide corrective pressure and guidance. The position versus time is sensed and compared to a normal gait profile. Various normal profiles are obtained based on studies of the population for age, weight, height and other variables.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2003
    Assignees: The Regents of the University of California, California Institute of Technology
    Inventors: V. Reggie Edgerton, M. Kathleen Day, Susan Harkema, Antal K. Bejczy, James R. Weiss