公开(公告)号：US20190307583A1

公开(公告)日：2019-10-10

申请号：US16347666

申请日：2017-11-08

Applicant: Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Inventor： Hugh M. Herr ,  Roman Stolyarov ,  Luke M. Mooney ,  Cameron Taylor ,  Matthew Carney

IPC: A61F2/70 ,  A61F2/66 ,  A61F2/64 ,  A61H3/00 ,  A61F5/01 ,  A61B5/11 ,  A61B5/00 ,  B25J9/00

Abstract: An autonomous wearable leg device employs an array of sensors embedded along a support area, whereby a controller can generate a controlling command and send a controlling command to a prosthetic, orthotic, exoskeletal or wearable component to thereby control the prosthetic, orthotic, exoskeletal or wearable component. A method for controlling autonomous wearable device collects kinetic signals from an array of sensors embedded in a prosthetic, orthotic or exoskeletal component, wherein all values are extracted from at least one feature of the collected kinetic signals, which are applied to a controller that generates a controlling command that is sent to the prosthetic, orthotic exoskeletal component to thereby control the prosthetic, orthotic or exoskeletal component during a portion of a gait cycle.

公开(公告)号：US20220257389A1

公开(公告)日：2022-08-18

申请号：US17647320

申请日：2022-01-06

Applicant: Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Inventor： Hugh M. Herr ,  Roman Stolyarov ,  Luke M. Mooney ,  Cameron Taylor ,  Matthew Carney

IPC: A61F2/70 ,  A61B5/11 ,  A61B5/00 ,  A61F2/64 ,  A61F2/66 ,  A61F5/01 ,  A61H3/00 ,  B25J9/00 ,  A61F2/68 ,  A61F2/60

Abstract: An autonomous wearable leg device employs an array of sensors embedded along a support area, whereby a controller can generate a controlling command and send a controlling command to a prosthetic, orthotic, exoskeletal or wearable component to thereby control the prosthetic, orthotic, exoskeletal or wearable component. A method for controlling autonomous wearable device collects kinetic signals from an array of sensors embedded in a prosthetic, orthotic or exoskeletal component, wherein all values are extracted from at least one feature of the collected kinetic signals, which are applied to a controller that generates a controlling command that is sent to the prosthetic, orthotic exoskeletal component to thereby control the prosthetic, orthotic or exoskeletal component during a portion of a gait cycle.

公开(公告)号：US20160279630A1

公开(公告)日：2016-09-29

申请号：US15083706

申请日：2016-03-29

Applicant: Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Inventor： Charles Fracchia ,  Matthew Carney ,  Joseph Jacobson ,  Jason Fischman

IPC: B01L3/02 ,  G01N1/28

CPC classification number: B01L3/0217 ,  B01L2200/0684 ,  B01L2200/0689 ,  B01L2200/143 ,  B01L2200/146 ,  B01L2300/023 ,  B01L2300/0627 ,  B01L2300/0829 ,  B01L2300/0832 ,  B01L2300/0864 ,  B01L2400/0487 ,  B01L2400/0622

Abstract: A pipetting system identifies and records data regarding pipetting events, including the time and well into which a pipette dispenses liquid and the volume of liquid dispensed into the well. The pipetting system also measures and records other data regarding the context of pipetting events. This other data includes the speed of pipetting, the pressure exerted on a plunger of the pipette by a finger of a user, and the temperature, humidity and lighting conditions at a well tray into which the liquid is dispensed. The pipetting system includes a pipette that has multiple cylinders and multiple corresponding pistons. Each cylinder has different diameter. Thus, a down-stroke of the pistons causes each of the cylinders to expel a different amount of air. A rotatable mechanism selects which cylinder is connected by an airway to a pipette tip and which other cylinders vent directly to the ambient atmosphere.

Abstract translation: 移液系统识别和记录关于移液事件的数据，包括移液管分配液体的时间和质量以及分配到孔中的液体体积。 移液系统还测量和记录关于移液事件背景的其他数据。 其他数据包括移液速度，使用者的手指施加在移液管的柱塞上的压力以及在分配液体的井盘中的温度，湿度和照明条件。 移液系统包括具有多个气缸和多个相应活塞的移液管。 每个气缸的直径不同。 因此，活塞的下冲程导致每个气缸排出不同量的空气。 可旋转机构选择哪个气缸通过气道连接到移液管尖端，哪个气缸直接通向环境大气。

公开(公告)号：US20170314267A1

公开(公告)日：2017-11-02

申请号：US15649837

申请日：2017-07-14

Applicant: Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Inventor： Matthew Carney ,  Benjamin Jenett ,  Neil Gershenfeld

IPC: E04C3/02 ,  B23P19/04 ,  B64C1/06 ,  E04B1/19

CPC classification number: E04C3/02 ,  B23P19/04 ,  B23P2700/01 ,  B64C1/068 ,  E04B1/19

Abstract: A set of machines and related systems build structures by the additive assembly of discrete parts. These digital material assemblies constrain the constituent parts to a discrete set of possible positions and orientations. In doing so, the structures exhibit many of the properties inherent in digital communication such as error correction, fault tolerance and allow the assembly of precise structures with comparatively imprecise tools. Assembly of discrete cellular lattices by a Modular Isotropic Lattice Extruder System (MILES) is implemented by pulling strings of lattice elements through a forming die that enforces geometry constraints that lock the elements into a rigid structure that can then be pushed against and extruded out of the die as an assembled, load bearing structure.

公开(公告)号：US20210145608A1

公开(公告)日：2021-05-20

申请号：US16969142

申请日：2019-02-12

Applicant: Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Inventor： Hugh M. Herr ,  Kevin Mattheus Moerman ,  Dana Solav ,  Bryan James Ranger ,  Rebecca Steinmeyer ,  Stephanie Lai Ku ,  Canan Dagdeviren ,  Matthew Carney ,  German A. Prieto-Gomez ,  Xiang Zhang ,  Jonathan Randall Fincke ,  Micha Feigin-Almon ,  Brian W. Anthony, Ph.D. ,  Zixi Liu ,  Aaron Jaeger ,  Xingbang Yang

IPC: A61F2/50 ,  A61F2/76 ,  A61F2/80 ,  A61F2/78

Abstract: Devices and methods for obtaining external shapes and internal tissue geometries, as well as tissue behaviors, of a biological body segment are provided. A device for three-dimensional imaging of a biological body segment includes a structure configured to receive the biological body segment, the structure including a first array of imaging devices disposed about a perimeter of the device to capture side images of the biological body segment and a second array of imaging devices disposed at an end of the device to capture images of a distal portion of the biological body segment. The second array has a generally axial viewing angle relative to the perimeter. A controller is configured to generate a three-dimensional reconstruction of the biological body segment based on cross-correlation of captured images from the first and second arrays.