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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 13, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 03, 2010
Anupam Pathak, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Jonathan Luntz, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Diann Brei, Milford, MI (US);
Tian Shen, Princeton, NJ (US);
Sarah Napier, Clarkston, MI (US);
Rajiv Ghosh, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Sei Jin Park, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Anupam Pathak, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Jonathan Luntz, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Diann Brei, Milford, MI (US);
Tian Shen, Princeton, NJ (US);
Sarah Napier, Clarkston, MI (US);
Rajiv Ghosh, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Sei Jin Park, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
The Regents of the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Abstract
A handheld device for canceling unintentional muscle movement. The device includes a base comprising a handgrip for a user to hold, a gripping element linked to the base for releasably connecting the handheld device to an object, a sensor that detects movement of the base, a controller linked to the sensor, and at least one actuator that operates under control of the controller to cause movement of the gripping element in a direction that at least partially counteracts the detected movement of the base.