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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Feb. 27, 2024

Filed:

Aug. 10, 2023
Applicant:

Barron Associates, Inc., Charlottesville, VA (US);

Inventors:

Richard J. Adams, Punta Gorda, FL (US);

William T. Gressick, Charlottesville, VA (US);

Aaron B. Olowin, Charlottesville, VA (US);

Matthew Lichter, Charlottesville, VA (US);

Assignee:

Barron Associates, Inc., Charlottesville, VA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/041 (2006.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06F 3/0346 (2013.01); A63B 22/00 (2006.01); A63B 24/00 (2006.01); A63B 71/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A63B 22/0005 (2015.10); A63B 24/0062 (2013.01); A63B 71/0622 (2013.01); G06F 3/011 (2013.01); G06F 3/016 (2013.01); G06F 3/0346 (2013.01); G06F 3/041 (2013.01); A63B 2022/0094 (2013.01); A63B 2024/0096 (2013.01); A63B 2071/0638 (2013.01); A63B 2071/0655 (2013.01); A63B 2220/58 (2013.01); A63B 2220/833 (2013.01);
Abstract

Embodiments of the presently described device, system and method support upper extremity therapy through a control device. In various embodiments, the control device is provided as a central hub with atomic elements extending outwardly thereof, and the control device can incorporate a movement interpretation circuit, a touch detection circuit and/or one or more sensory transducers. In various embodiments, the control device is interoperable with a valence, an external computing device and a display device. Embodiments of the external computing device are operable to render a graphical depiction of simulated objects in a virtual world upon receiving a transmission of sensed human grasping of one or more atomic elements.


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