Patents

US 12714363 B2: Sensors for prostheses

Granted
2026-08-25
Filed
2023-11-29 application 18523187
Type
Utility · 18 claims
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Abstract

Devices, systems, and methods including sensors that can be used in prostheses, including powered prostheses are described herein. An example force-moment sensor includes a first block having a first curved surface; a second block having a second curved surface; an elastic element arranged between the first block and the second block; and at least one sensing element configured to measure a deflection of the elastic element.

Source: PTBLXML, file of 2026-08-25 (ipgb20260825.xml).

Assignees

AssigneeTypePlaceAlso on furp.orgSource
The Board of Trustees of The University of Alabama 193 patentsUS company or organizationTuscaloosa, ALThe University of Alabama College or university FUZZY medium confidence: same name (governing-board words and legal endings aside) and statePTBLXML, file of 2026-08-25

Inventors

InventorPlacePatentsPerson pageSource
Xiangrong ShenTuscaloosa, AL7PTBLXML, file of 2026-08-25
MD Rejwanul HaqueTuscaloosa, AL3PTBLXML, file of 2026-08-25

CPC categories

SubclassCategoryFirst groupSource
A61BDiagnosis; surgery; identificationA61B5/4851PTBLXML, file of 2026-08-25

Cooperative Patent Classification, as currently assigned (one row per subclass).

Assignments and security interests

RecordedWhatFromToReel/frameSource
2026-05-27Correction
Corrective assignment to correct the the spelling of inventor md rejwanul haque's name previously recorded on reel 66606 frame 494. assignor(s) hereby confirms the assignment .
SHEN, XIANGRONG signed 2024-01-17
HAQUE, MD REJWANUL signed 2024-01-12
THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA TUSCALOOSA, AL75647/889PASDL, file of 2026-10-15

Documents recorded with the USPTO Assignment Recordation Branch that list this patent. A security interest is a lender’s claim on the patent as collateral; a release ends it.

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