Patents by Inventor Urs Schneider
Urs Schneider 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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Patent number: 11938045Abstract: Breathable residual-limb system that admits air and allows sweat to evaporate from the surface of the residual limb. In an embodiment, the system comprises a liner sock to be worn on the residual limb, and comprising air-permeable textile forming a substantially cylindrical portion that is closed on a distal end and open on a proximal end and comprising an internal surface and an external surface. The liner sock further comprises a friction-interface material that covers only a portion of the internal surface of the air-permeable textile, such that, when worn on the residual limb, the friction-interface material contacts a surface of the residual limb, and an uncovered portion of the air-permeable textile which the friction-interface material does not cover allows air to pass between an external environment of the liner sock and the surface of the residual limb.Type: GrantFiled: November 23, 2022Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignees: United States Government As Represented By The Department Of Veterans Affairs, Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e. V.Inventors: Andrew Hansen, Sara Koehler-Mcnicholas, Eric Nickel, Kyle Barrons, Felix Starker, Spencer Mion, John Ferguson, Stuart Fairhurst, Ellankavi Ramasamy, Karl Koester, Urs Schneider
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Patent number: 11697201Abstract: An exoskeleton system includes a first exoskeleton unit configured to support a first body part, a second exoskeleton unit configured to support a second body part, and a control device. The first exoskeleton unit and the second exoskeleton unit are mechanically decoupled from each other. The control device is configured to control, based on a control model, at least one of the first exoskeleton unit and the second exoskeleton unit. The control model is based on a multibody system that models the first exoskeleton unit, the second exoskeleton unit, and at least one of the first body part and the second body part.Type: GrantFiled: May 9, 2020Date of Patent: July 11, 2023Assignee: Universitaet StuttgartInventors: Joerg Siegert, Urs Schneider
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Publication number: 20230157851Abstract: Breathable residual-limb system that admits air and allows sweat to evaporate from the surface of the residual limb. In an embodiment, the system comprises a liner sock to be worn on the residual limb, and comprising air-permeable textile forming a substantially cylindrical portion that is closed on a distal end and open on a proximal end and comprising an internal surface and an external surface. The liner sock further comprises a friction-interface material that covers only a portion of the internal surface of the air-permeable textile, such that, when worn on the residual limb, the friction-interface material contacts a surface of the residual limb, and an uncovered portion of the air-permeable textile which the friction-interface material does not cover allows air to pass between an external environment of the liner sock and the surface of the residual limb.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 23, 2022Publication date: May 25, 2023Inventors: Andrew Hansen, Sara Koehler-Mcnicholas, Eric Nickel, Kyle Barrons, Felix Starker, Spencer Mion, John Ferguson, Stuart Fairhurst, Ellankavl Ramasamy, Karl Koester, Urs Schneider
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Patent number: 11654311Abstract: A trunk control system having a harness assembly and a flexion control assembly. The harness assembly has a backrest member and a harness secured to the backrest member. The backrest member is configured to be moveably coupled to a wheelchair. The backrest member is selectively moveable about and between a fully retracted position and a fully extended position. The harness cooperates with the backrest member to define a receiving space for receiving at least a portion of a torso of a wheelchair user. The flexion control assembly is coupled to the backrest member of the harness assembly. The flexion control assembly is configured to selectively permit or restrict movement of the backrest member about and between the fully retracted position and the fully extended position.Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 2020Date of Patent: May 23, 2023Assignees: United States Government As Represented By The Department Of Veterans Affairs, Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e. V.Inventors: Gary Goldish, Andrew Hansen, Stuart R. Fairhurst, Gregory O. Voss, Urs Schneider
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Patent number: 11504286Abstract: A personal mobility device includes a frame, a plurality of wheels attached to the frame and one or more pneumatic motors. Each of the one or more pneumatic motors has a drive shaft in operative connection with at least one of the plurality of wheels. The personal mobility device further includes at least one tank (that is, a storage container) for storage of a pressurized gas in operative connection with the one or more pneumatic motors to supply pressurized gas to the one or more pneumatic motors and a control system in operative connection with the at least one tank and with the one or more pneumatic motors.Type: GrantFiled: January 4, 2017Date of Patent: November 22, 2022Assignees: University of Pittsburgh—Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education, The United States Government as represented by the Department of Veterans Affairs, FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V.Inventors: Rory Alan Cooper, Hongwu Wang, Brandon Joseph Daveler, Benjamin Todd Gebrosky, Garrett G. Grindle, Jonathan L. Pearlman, Urs Schneider, David Minzenmay
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Publication number: 20210137707Abstract: Breathable residual-limb system that admits air and allows sweat to evaporate from the surface of the residual limb. In an embodiment, the system comprises a liner sock to be worn on the residual limb, and comprising air-permeable textile forming a substantially cylindrical portion that is closed on a distal end and open on a proximal end and comprising an internal surface and an external surface. The liner sock further comprises a friction-interface material that covers only a portion of the internal surface of the air-permeable textile, such that, when worn on the residual limb, the friction-interface material contacts a surface of the residual limb, and an uncovered portion of the air-permeable textile which the friction-interface material does not cover allows air to pass between an external environment of the liner sock and the surface of the residual limb.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 10, 2018Publication date: May 13, 2021Inventors: Andrew Hansen, Sara Koehler-Mcnicholas, Eric Nickel, Kyle Barrons, Felix Starker, Spencer Mion, John Ferguson, Stuart Fairhurst, Ellankavl Ramasamy, Karl Koester, Christopher Dearth, Brad Hendershot, Alison Pruziner, Peter Anderson, Louise Hassinger, David Laufer, Urs Schneider
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Publication number: 20200346342Abstract: An exoskeleton system includes a first exoskeleton unit configured to support a first body part, a second exoskeleton unit configured to support a second body part, and a control device. The first exoskeleton unit and the second exoskeleton unit are mechanically decoupled from each other. The control device is configured to control, based on a control model, at least one of the first exoskeleton unit and the second exoskeleton unit. The control model is based on a multibody system that models the first exoskeleton unit, the second exoskeleton unit, and at least one of the first body part and the second body part.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 9, 2020Publication date: November 5, 2020Inventors: Joerg SIEGERT, Urs SCHNEIDER
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Publication number: 20200324152Abstract: A trunk control system having a harness assembly and a flexion control assembly. The harness assembly has a backrest member and a harness secured to the backrest member. The backrest member is configured to be moveably coupled to a wheelchair. The backrest member is selectively moveable about and between a fully retracted position and a fully extended position. The harness cooperates with the backrest member to define a receiving space for receiving at least a portion of a torso of a wheelchair user. The flexion control assembly is coupled to the backrest member of the harness assembly. The flexion control assembly is configured to selectively permit or restrict movement of the backrest member about and between the fully retracted position and the fully extended position.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 14, 2020Publication date: October 15, 2020Inventors: Gary Goldish, Andrew Hansen, Stuart R. Fairhurst, Gregory O. Voss, Urs Schneider
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Publication number: 20190021920Abstract: A personal mobility device includes a frame, a plurality of wheels attached to the frame and one or more pneumatic motors. Each of the one or more pneumatic motors has a drive shaft in operative connection with at least one of the plurality of wheels. The personal mobility device further includes at least one tank (that is, a storage container) for storage of a pressurized gas in operative connection with the one or more pneumatic motors to supply pressurized gas to the one or more pneumatic motors and a control system in operative connection with the at least one tank and with the one or more pneumatic motors.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 4, 2017Publication date: January 24, 2019Applicants: University of Pittsburgh Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education, The United States Government as represented by the Department of Veterans Affairs, Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft Zur Foerderung der Angewandten Forschung E.V.Inventors: Rory Alan COOPER, Hongwu WANG, Brandon Joseph DAVELER, Benjamin Todd GEBROSKY, Garrett G. GRINDLE, Jonathan L. PEARLMAN, Urs SCHNEIDER, David MINZENMAY
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Publication number: 20180014949Abstract: The invention relates to a prosthetic foot with a housing (12) on which a connector (15) for a below-knee prosthesis can be arranged, with a forefoot (21) and a heel (43), wherein the housing (12) and the forefoot (21) are connected by at least one forefoot spring element (28), wherein the forefoot (21) and the heel (43) are connected by at least one sole spring element (41), and wherein the heel (43) and the housing (12) are connected by at least one heel spring element (30), wherein the end portions belonging to the at least one forefoot spring element (28) and to the at least one sole spring element (41), and assigned to the forefoot (21), are positioned relative to each other with at least one holding mechanism (34) in such a way that the at least one forefoot spring element (28) and the at least one sole spring element (41) are guided movably relative to each other along their longitudinal axis during a rollover movement.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 4, 2016Publication date: January 18, 2018Inventors: Stefan Grosskopf, Felix Starker, Andreas Kramski, Andreas Adler, Urs Schneider, Jannis Breuninger
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Patent number: 9204979Abstract: The present invention relates in the field of orthopedics to an artificial ankle which imitates the natural human gait in a proper way, thereby enabling its user to walk not only in a plane environment but also uphill and downhill without any unpleasant effects. The present invention further relates to an artificial foot and an artificial leg containing said artificial ankle.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2011Date of Patent: December 8, 2015Assignees: FALZ & KANNENBERG GMBH & CO. KG, NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITYInventors: Felix Starker, Urs Schneider, Andrew H. Hansen, Dudley S. Childress, Joachim Pauli, Carsten Pauli, Nancy Childress
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Patent number: 8679046Abstract: The invention relates to a supporting device for a support (12) used to support a lower extremity, in particular a knee joint, a lower leg, a foot or an ankle, an upper leg support (14) and a lower leg support (16) being provided and interconnected via an articulation (17), the upper leg support (14) comprises at least a load-bearing surface (24, 28), the lower leg support (16) comprises at least a load-bearing surface (31), a support fixing (18) is provided, which engages with the support (12), the lower leg support (16) and the support fixing (18) being coupled to one another for the transfer of force.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2010Date of Patent: March 25, 2014Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Forderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.Inventors: Mark Ital, Thomas Bächle, Ismail Bahadir Pamir, Urs Schneider
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Publication number: 20140074255Abstract: The present invention relates in the field of orthopedics to an artificial ankle which imitates the natural human gait in a proper way, thereby enabling its user to walk not only in a plane environment but also uphill and downhill without any unpleasant effects. The present invention further relates to an artificial foot and an artificial leg containing said artificial ankle.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 11, 2011Publication date: March 13, 2014Applicants: NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY, FALZ & KANNENBERG GMBH & CO. KGInventors: Felix Starker, Urs Schneider, Andrew H. Hansen, Dudley S. Childress, Joachim Pauli, Carsten Pauli
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Publication number: 20110319801Abstract: The invention relates to a supporting device for a support (12) used to support a lower extremity, in particular a knee joint, a lower leg, a foot or an ankle, an upper leg support (14) and a lower leg support (16) being provided and interconnected via an articulation (17), the upper leg support (14) comprises at least a load-bearing surface (24, 28), the lower leg support (16) comprises at least a load-bearing surface (31), a support fixing (18) is provided, which engages with the support (12), the lower leg support (16) and the support fixing (18) being coupled to one another for the transfer of force. (See FIG.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2010Publication date: December 29, 2011Inventors: Mark Ital, Thomas Bächle, Ismail Bahadir Pamir, Urs Schneider
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Publication number: 20110213275Abstract: The invention relates to a device for determining the stability of a knee joint. The device comprises includes a measuring sensor (14), which can be attached via a fastening device (16) to a lower leg (12) associated with the knee joint (11). The measuring sensor (14) is designed to measure an acceleration in at least one direction (z) during a movement of the lower leg (12). Furthermore, a processing device (18) is provided for processing measured values of the measuring sensor (14) in order to infer the stability of the knee joint (11) from the processed measured values.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 18, 2009Publication date: September 1, 2011Applicant: BORT GMBHInventors: Ronald Boos, Gerhard Marquardt, Urs Schneider, Wolfgang Bort
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Patent number: 7862621Abstract: The invention relates to a prosthetic device (30), in particular a foot prosthesis, for fitting leg amputees, with a universal joint mechanism (32), which couples a shaft (34) with a treading attachment (40, 42) through an articulation, wherein the universal joint mechanism (32) comprises a joint element (44) supported such that it is rotatable about a first rotational axis (C) and a second rotational axis (D) differing therefrom.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2005Date of Patent: January 4, 2011Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Forderung der Angewandten Forschung E.V.Inventors: Ralf Kloos, Armin Grab, Julia Grunwald, Urs Schneider, Kai Von Lübtow
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Patent number: 7837635Abstract: A device determines at least one characteristic point of a joint which joins together two limbs and is to be measured orthopedically comprising a first coupling element which may be positioned on a first limb adjoining the joint, a second coupling element which may be moved relative to the first coupling element and may be positioned on a second limb adjoining the joint, and a measuring device for determining the position of the first coupling element relative to the second coupling element. The measuring device has at least one reference point rigidly connected to one of the first and second coupling elements, and a reference point detection device rigidly connected to the respective other of the first and second coupling elements. During a movement of the first and second limbs with respect to one another the reference point detection device determines the at least one characteristic point.Type: GrantFiled: November 7, 2005Date of Patent: November 23, 2010Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Angewandten Forschung E.V.Inventors: Karsten Lissek, Urs Schneider, Kai Von Lübtow, Markus Haid, Alfons Fuchs, Roland Bauernfeind
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Publication number: 20080221485Abstract: The invention relates to a device for determining at least one characteristic point of a joint which joins together two limbs and is to be measured orthopedically, said device comprising a first coupling element which may be positioned on a first limb adjoining the joint, a second coupling element which may be moved relative to the first coupling element and may be positioned on a second limb adjoining the joint, and a measuring device for determining the position of the first coupling element relative to the second coupling element.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 7, 2005Publication date: September 11, 2008Applicant: FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FÖRDERUNG DER ANGEWANDInventors: Karsten Lissek, Urs Schneider, Kai Von Lubtow, Markus Haid, Alfons Fuchs, Roland Bauernfeind
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Publication number: 20070287911Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method and a device for navigating and positioning an object relative to a patient during surgery in an operating room. According to the disclosure, the position and orientation of the object and the patient in the room or a respective area of the patient relative to a reference system are determined quasi continuously in accordance with a scanning rate by means of a three-dimensional inertial sensor system, the momentary position and orientation of the object relative to the patient are determined therefrom, said position and orientation are compared to a desired predetermined position and orientation, and an indication is made as to how the position of the object has to be modified in order to reach the desired predetermined position and orientation.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 1, 2007Publication date: December 13, 2007Applicant: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Forderung der angewandtenInventors: Markus Haid, Urs Schneider, Kai von Luebtow
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Publication number: 20070255427Abstract: Prosthetic device, in particular foot prosthesis The invention relates to a prosthetic device (30), in particular a foot prosthesis, for fitting leg amputees, with a universal joint mechanism (32), which couples a shaft (34) with a treading attachment (40, 42) through an articulation, wherein the universal joint mechanism (32) comprises a joint element (44) supported such that it is rotatable about a first rotational axis (C) and a second rotational axis (D) differing therefrom.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 3, 2005Publication date: November 1, 2007Inventors: Ralf Kloos, Armin Grab, Julia Grunwald, Urs Schneider, Kai Von Lubtow