Hani M Sallum

US Patent:

6877574, Apr 12, 2005

Filed:

Aug 19, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/223262

Inventors:

Mary Kathryn Thompson - North Huntingdon PA, US
John M. Thompson - North Huntingdon PA, US
Raymond L. Speth - Davenport IA, US
Hani M. Sallum - Cambridge MA, US

Assignee:

Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Cambridge MA

International Classification:

B60K001/00

US Classification:

180 651, 446454

Abstract:

A modular robotic teaching tool including a plurality of modules that may be operated, for example, to play robot soccer, for introducing principles of mechanical engineering and robotics to prospective students. The teaching tool includes a modular robot that may be assembled in a plurality of configurations. The modular robot includes a body portion, first and second motors, first and second motor mounts, at least three wheels, two of which are mountable to the motors, at least one flipper module, and a remote control module for actuating the motors and the flipper module. The modular robot is advantageous in that it provides for an inexpensive, challenging, and entertaining introduction to some of the principles of robotics and mechanical engineering.

US Patent:

20030026732, Feb 6, 2003

Filed:

Jun 24, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/179916

Inventors:

Steven Gordon - Weston MA, US
Anthony Christopher - Andover MA, US
Alex Liberman - Sharon MA, US
Richard Keane - Melrose MA, US
Kenneth Caron - Tewksbury MA, US
Hani Sallum - Cambridge MA, US
Jayanth Prabhakar - Bedford NH, US

International Classification:

G01N035/00
B01L003/02
G01N035/10

US Classification:

422/063000, 422/100000, 436/043000, 436/046000, 436/048000, 436/049000, 436/054000, 436/149000, 436/150000, 436/180000

Abstract:

An automated workstation capable of continuous, non-stop processing of specimens includes an environmentally controlled storage area that holds multiple cassettes containing specimen plates. A robotic arm for processing the specimens, e.g., by grasping the plates, moving them from the cassettes to other apparatus contained within the workstation, and placing the plates back in the cassettes. An interlock mechanism prevents the operator and robotic arm from simultaneously accessing a cassette. Novel robotic arms, robotic arm positioning mechanisms, plate handling mechanisms, effector tip/plate washing mechanisms, thin-walled pipetters, back-flushing mechanisms and fluid level detection mechanisms, as well as methods for operating the same, facilitate continuous operation of the workstation along with compactness, high throughput and high accuracy of operation. Narrow, thin-walled capillary-like pipetters serve as both means for acquiring and processing small quantity specimens with high precision.

US Patent:

6440256, Aug 27, 2002

Filed:

Jun 20, 2000

Appl. No.:

09/597455

Inventors:

Steven J. Gordon - Cambridge MA
Richard P. Sweeney - Winchester MA
Anthony J. Christopher - Cambridge MA
Brett Anderson - Cambridge MA
A. David Boccuti - Cambridge MA
Kevin Walsh - Cambridge MA
Hani Sallum - Cambridge MA
David Ramler - Maple Grove MN
Jim Wolf - Chanhassen MN
Mike Helmbrecht - Blaine MN

Assignee:

Keurig, Incorporated - Wakefield MA

International Classification:

B32B 3104

US Classification:

156293, 156201, 156204, 156217, 156227, 156267, 156270, 1563084

Abstract:

A method of forming and inserting filter elements into cup-shaped containers comprises the steps of: a) folding a continuous web of filter material into two adjacent plies which have separable upper edges and are joined one to the other along a bottom fold line; b) blanking the adjacent plies to form their upper edges into a scalloped pattern; c) inserting carrier mandrels between the adjacent plies; d) joining the adjacent plies along seams extending transversely with respect to the bottom fold line to form a series of collapsed frustoconical filter elements interconnected by scrap segments and supported internally by the carrier mandrels; e) separating the filter elements one from the other by blanking and removing the scrap segments; f) transferring the filter elements from the carrier mandrels into cup-shaped containers arranged therebeneath; and g) securing the thus inserted filter elements to interior surfaces of the cup-shaped containers.

US Patent:

20190126485, May 2, 2019

Filed:

Apr 17, 2017

Appl. No.:

16/094251

Inventors:

- Cambridge MA, US
Raphael Gerard Cherney - Cambridge MA, US
Hani M. Sallum - Somerville MA, US
Julian U. da Silva Gillig - Cambridge MA, US

Assignee:

President and Fellows of Harvard College - Cambridge MA

International Classification:

B25J 9/16
G05D 1/02
G05D 1/00
B43L 19/00
B43L 13/02

Abstract:

A vertically driving marking robot includes a robot body; at least one magnet constraining the robot to move parallel to a vertical, magnetically responsive surface; a drive configured to displace the robot relative to the surface while the robot is held to the surface; a holder configured to hold a marker; an accelerometer measuring a gravity vector; a computing device in communication with the optical sensors, the accelerometer, and the drive. The computing device includes a processor and computer-readable memory, wherein the computer-readable memory includes non-transitory program code for at least one of the following actions: (a) generating a drift correction to compensate for drive slippage drift in response to and as a function of the gravity vector and (b) commanding the drive to displace the robot along a desired trajectory in response to the drift correction.

US Patent:

20170112712, Apr 27, 2017

Filed:

Oct 21, 2016

Appl. No.:

15/331312

Inventors:

- Cambridge MA, US
Hani Sallum - Somerville MA, US
Robert Wood - Cambridge MA, US
James Niemi - Concord MA, US
James J. Collins - Newton MA, US

International Classification:

A61H 23/02
A43B 17/00
A43B 17/14
A43B 3/00

Abstract:

A wearable system is directed to neurological stimulation of a human foot, and includes a controller with at least one bias signal generator for outputting a driving signal. The system further includes a power source that provides electrical energy to the controller, including providing electrical energy to the bias signal generator. The system also includes a platform in the form of an insole insert of a shoe, the insole insert having a plurality of actuators positioned in a medial arch region of the foot. The plurality of actuators stimulate the medial arch region in response to receiving the driving signal from the controller. The stimulation of the plurality of actuators provides a subthreshold bias signal to target cells with a subthreshold bias signal magnitude that is below a threshold where the target cells are activated by a stimulus. The plurality of actuators is surrounded with a vibration dissipating material.

US Patent:

20170036349, Feb 9, 2017

Filed:

Sep 30, 2016

Appl. No.:

15/281382

Inventors:

- Cambridge MA, US
Raphael G. Cherney - Cambridge MA, US
Michael Mogenson - Cambridge MA, US
Justin Werfel - Somerville MA, US
Kathleen O'Donnell - Cambridge MA, US
Radhika Nagpal - Cambridge MA, US
Nils Napp - Cambridge MA, US
Hani M. Sallum - Somerville MA, US
Julian U. da Silva Gillig - Cambridge MA, US

Assignee:

President and Fellows of Harvard College - Cambridge MA

International Classification:

B25J 9/16
B25J 11/00

Abstract:

In a method for interactive marking by a mobile robot on a vertical surface, a mobile robot that includes a sensor and an actuated marker is displaced across a vertical surface. Features on, in or behind the vertical surface are detected with the sensor. Displacement of the mobile robot and actuation of the actuated marker is controlled in response to the detection of these features.

US Patent:

20150148728, May 28, 2015

Filed:

Sep 10, 2012

Appl. No.:

14/343458

Inventors:

Hani M. Sallum - Somerville MA, US
Leia Stirling - Stoneham MA, US
Annette Correia - Milton MA, US

Assignee:

CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER CORPORATION - Boston MA
PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE - Cambridge MA

International Classification:

A61F 5/01

US Classification:

602 22

Abstract:

An orthosis system includes an orthotic device adapted to be worn on the hand of a subject that includes at least one brace component coupled to one or more fingers of the hand and including at least one joint permitting movement of one or more fingers. One or more actuators can be connected to each joint to cause movement of the joint. A control unit can be provided to control each of the actuators to control the movements of each joint separately. The control unit can be operated by the subject or a clinician to facilitate everyday tasks or for treatment or therapy.