Nike, Inc.

Boa Technology Inc.

Daniel Hipwood

Mark Stanley Soderberg

Cody Collier Henderson

Tiffany A Beers

James Alan Capra

Andrew A Owings

Ilya Minkin

Michael Joseph Nickel

Eric Craig Irwin

Thomas Pollack

Eric Whewell

Thomas Trudel

Ashley Pickens

William Roushey

Oronde Armstrong

Greg Langley

Aaron Venturini

Brett Vladika

Alessandro Manzato

Jimmy Capra

Rebecca Peterson

Stefan Sporrer

Andy Owings

Charles Clayton Corbett

A reel based tensioning device includes a housing, a spool that is rotatably positioned within the housing, and a knob member that is operably coupled with the spool to cause the spool to rotate in a first direction within the housing and thereby wind a tension member about the spool. The reel based tensioning device also includes a load holding mechanism that is coupled with the spool and that is configured to rotate the spool in the first direction within the housing and to prevent rotation of the spool in a second direction to prevent unwinding of the tension member from about the spool. The reel based tensioning device further includes an audible component that is configured to produce an audible noise responsive to operation of the knob member to signal an adjustment of the tension member.

Reel based closure system

A tensioning system for articles of footwear and articles of apparel is disclosed. The tensioning system includes a tensioning member that is tightened or loosened using a motorized tensioning device for winding and unwinding the tensioning member on a spool. The tensioning system may be used with various sensors to determine how the motorized tensioning device should be controlled.

Motorized tensioning system with sensors

Ski boot having multiple reel based closure systems

Reel based closure system employing a friction based tension mechanism

A tensioning system for articles of footwear and articles of apparel is disclosed. The tensioning system includes a tensioning member that is tightened or loosened using a motorized tensioning device for winding and unwinding the tensioning member on a spool. The motorized tensioning device includes a torque transmitting system that allows for incremental tightening, incremental loosening and full loosening of the tensioning member.

Motorized tensioning system

According to an embodiment, a brace may include a motorized tensioning device, a tensioning member operationally coupled with the motorized tensioning device to tighten the brace about the limb, and a control unit communicatively coupled with the motorized tensioning device to control adjustment of a tension of the tensioning member. A method for providing therapy with the brace fitted about a limb may include communicating a first instruction from the control unit to the motorized tensioning device to adjust the tension of the tensioning member according to a therapeutic regimen that is designed to aid in recovery of the limb via repetitive movement of the limb.

Systems, methods, and devices for automatic closure of medical devices

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