Harmonic Bionics, Inc.

Ambion, Inc.

University of Texas System

William Wu

Rohit John Varghese

Youngmok Yun

Brittan L Pasloske

An embodiment includes an apparatus for coupling a user to a robot to provide robot-assisted physical therapy to the user. Other embodiments are described herein.

Upper body human to machine interface

A robotic system comprising: a joint coupling a linkage to an additional linkage; and at least one cable; wherein the joint includes a motor having a shaft, a strain wave gear having a flexible member coupled to a circular spline, a conduit, and a bearing; wherein the motor is configured to rotate the shaft in a first direction and the strain wave gear is configured to rotate a rotatable member, the rotatable member including one of the flexible member or the circular spline; wherein the conduit is configured to rotate in response to rotation of the rotatable member; wherein the at least one cable passes through both the bearing and into the additional linkage but does not pass through either of the strain wave gear or the motor.

Actuator for physical therapy

An embodiment includes an exoskeleton robotic system including: a first linkage; a bearing coupled to the first linkage; a joint including a motor configured to move the first linkage along the bearing; an axial load sensor configured to sense an axial force transmitted to the axial load sensor via the joint, the axial force including one of tension or compression but not torque; a bracket including first and second bracket locations and first and second arms; and a housing that includes at least part of the joint and which couples the bracket to the bearing. The bracket couples to the housing at the first bracket location and couples to the axial load sensor at the second bracket location. The first arm couples the second arm to the first bracket location, and the second arm couples the first arm to the second bracket location.

Compliant mechanism for improving axial load sensing in robotic actuators

The present invention is a general method for inactivating or inhibiting ribonucleases. Ribonucleases are treated with a reducing agent and heat. RNA samples contaminated with ribonuclease may be treated with this method to protect them from degradation. The RNA may then be used directly in a variety of enzymatic reactions and molecular biology techniques. This method may also be applied to a variety of molecular biology reagents which may be contaminated with ribonuclease to protect an RNA from being degraded when incubated with the reagent.

Methods and reagents for inactivating ribonucleases

The present invention is a general method for irreversibly inactivating ribonucleases. Ribonucleases are completely inactivated by treating them with a reducing agent and heat. RNA samples contaminated with ribonuclease may be treated with this method to protect them from degradation. The RNA may then be used directly in a variety of enzymatic reactions and molecular biology techniques. This method may also be applied to a variety of molecular biology reagents which may be contaminated with ribonuclease to protect an RNA from being degraded when incubated with the reagent.

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Austin, TX, United States of America

William Wu