Patents by Inventor Todd William Roberts

Todd William Roberts 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).

  • STOMACH SIMULATING DEVICE
    Publication number: 20220093006
    Abstract: Provided are stomach simulating devices and methods for simulating a stomach. Stomach simulating devices can comprise a bag-shaped conduit, a mechanical constrictor, and a valve. The conduit can have a body portion, a first diameter at an inlet portion, and a second diameter at an outlet portion, wherein the first diameter at the inlet portion is greater than the second diameter at the outlet portion, the body portion is located between the inlet portion and the outlet portion, and at least a portion of the conduit is curved in a direction from the inlet portion the outlet portion. The mechanical constrictor can he configured to constrict at least a portion of the body portion of the conduit. The valve can be configured to at least partially close a portion of the conduit closer to the outlet portion than the inlet portion of the conduit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2019
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Inventors: Rosemary KANASTY, Tyler GRANT, John James HEALY, Benjamin August Rothenberg PETERSON, Todd William ROBERTS, Nathan Andrew HERRMANN, Erik Robert Waldemar RYDE, David C. DUFOUR, Carmi MANDELKERN, Jacob FREAKE, Kristofer KURTIN, Doug SABIN
  • Prosthetic fingertip end effectors
    Patent number: 10869773
    Abstract: A prosthetic finger includes a main body and a terminal gripper at an end of the main body for enabling fine-motor grasping skills. The terminal gripper has at least two tongs movable relative to one another. The prosthetic finger includes a gripping mode and a flexion mode. In the gripping mode, the tongs of the terminal gripper are able to move relative to one another while the main body is not able to flex, and in the flexion mode, the main body is able to flex while the at two tongs is not able to move relative to one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: College Park Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Carlos Humberto Martinez-Luna, Michael Alfred Delph, II, Taylor Raven Duckworth, Todd Richard Farrell, Thane Robert Hunt, Craig Malone Kelly, Kevin Edward Keough, Carlton Winslow King, Benjamin Douglas Pulver, Todd William Roberts, Benjamin Edward McDonald
  • PROSTHETIC FINGERTIP END EFFECTORS
    Publication number: 20190105184
    Abstract: A prosthetic finger includes a main body and a terminal gripper at an end of the main body for enabling fine-motor grasping skills. The terminal gripper has at least two tongs movable relative to one another. The prosthetic finger includes a gripping mode and a flexion mode. In the gripping mode, the tongs of the terminal gripper are able to move relative to one another while the main body is not able to flex, and in the flexion mode, the main body is able to flex while the at two tongs is not able to move relative to one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2018
    Publication date: April 11, 2019
    Inventors: Carlos Humberto Martinez-Luna, Michael Alfred Delph, II, Taylor Raven Duckworth, Todd Richard Farrell, Thane Robert Hunt, Craig Malone Kelly, Kevin Edward Keough, Carlton Winslow King, Benjamin Douglas Pulver, Todd William Roberts, Benjamin Edward McDonald