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US 11,696,636 B2Granted
Customized assistive gripping device
OwnerSean Thomas Pianka, Andrew Francis O'Rourke +4inventors
InventorsSean Thomas Pianka, Andrew Francis O'Rourke, Neha Kambam Reddy, Zoe de Nevers Trutner, Maxwell David Melin, Chinonyelum Pamela Ikeanyi
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Abstract
Customized assistive gripping devices in accordance with embodiments of the invention are disclosed. In one embodiment, a customized assistive gripping device, comprising a body comprising an outer surface that conforms to an interior contour of a user's hand in a gripping configuration; and a slot located inside the body, wherein the slot comprises a first opening for receiving an object.
Claims10
A customized assistive gripping device, comprising:
- a body comprising:
- an outer surface that conforms to an interior contour of a particular user's hand in a gripping configuration, wherein the outer surface is customized to the interior contour of the particular user's hand in the gripping configuration;
- a plurality of ridges customized to the interior contour of the particular user's hand in the gripping configuration;
- and
- wherein the outer surface and the plurality of ridges of the body are customized to the interior contour of the particular user's hand in the gripping configuration by:
- receiving a pressure applied by the particular user's hand on a pliable material, wherein the pressure applied by the particular user's hand provides the interior contour of the particular user's hand onto the pliable material;
- generating 3D image data of the pliable material;
- and
- constructing the body of the customized assistive gripping device, wherein the body comprises the outer surface that conforms to the interior contour of the particular user's hand in the gripping configuration;
- and
- a slot located inside the body, wherein the slot comprises a first opening for receiving an object.
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