About Us

 

Environmental Robots Incorporated (ERI) is the world leader in manufacturing and sales of ionic polymeric metal composites (IPMCs), ionic polymeric conductor nanocomposites and artificial muscles. We do make customer-ordered IPMC actuators, energy harvestors and sensors for all academic, engineering, industrial, medical and scientific applications.

Environmental Robots Incorporated has many intellectual properties such as patents, patent licenses and patent applications as listed below:

 

“System and device for correcting hyperopia, myopia and presbyopia”, US Patent Office, Patent Pending, Serial No. 353319, Filed January 19, 2012, Patent Publication No. 20120116505 A1, May 10, 2012

 

“System and device for correcting hyperopia and presbyopia”, US Patent Office, Patent No. 8, 123,803, Issued February 28, 2012

 

"Synthetic Muscle-Based Multi-Powered Contact Lens”, US Patent Office, Patent No. 7, 850,951, Issued December 14, 2010

"Surgical Correction of Ptosis by Polymeric Artificial Muscles", CIP for US patent Patent No. 7,625,404, US Patent Office, Patent Publication No. 20100042146A1, February 18, 2010

"Surgical Correction of Ptosis by Polymeric Artificial Muscles", US Patent Office, Patent No. 7,625,404, Issued December 1, 2009

“Method of Fabricating a Dry Electro-Active Polymeric Synthetic Muscle”, US Patent Office, Patent No. 7, 276, 090,  Issued October 2, 2007

“Shape Memory Alloy Temperature Sensor and Switch”,  US Patent Office, Patent No. 7, 220, 051,  Issued May 22, 2007

"System and Device For Correcting Hyperopia and Presbyopia", US Patent Office, Patent Pending, Application Number 11/626,774 , Submitted  1/24/2007

"Electrically-Controllable Multi-Fingered Resilient Heart Compression Devices”, CIP to US Patent No. Number 6,464,655, US Patent Office, Patent No.7,198,594, Issued April 3, (2007)

"Surgical Correction of Human Eye Refractive Errors By Active Composite Artificial Muscle Implants”, US Patent Office, Patent No. 7,090,696,  CIP to  US Patent No. 6,511,508B1, Issued August 15, 2006

 

"Wire Equipped with Electrically Bendable Distal Tip Made with Artificial Muscle", US Patent Office, Provisional Patent Pending, Provisional Application Number 6,005,205,  submitted 11/10/2006

"Synthetic Muscle-Based Multi-Powered Active Contact Lens”, US Patent Office, Serial No. 11/358,530, February (2006), Published Application

"Accommodating Zonular Mini-Bridge Implants”, US Patent Office, United States Patent Number 7,060,09, Issued June 13, 2006

 

“Shape Memory Alloy Temperature Sensor-2: CIP", US Patent Office, United State Patent No. 6,837,620, Issued January 4, 2005

“Bioelectric Sensor and Switch System For Medical Imaging”, US patent Office, United States Patent No. 6,829,499,  Issued December 7, 2004

"Synthetic Muscle-Based Diaphragm Pump Apparatuses", US Patent Office, United States Patent No. 6,682,500, Issued January 27, 2004

"Disk Drive Optical Switch", US Patent Office, United State Patent No. 6,678,434, Issued  January 13, 2004.

"Shape Memory Alloy Temperature Sensor", US Patent Office, United State Patent No. 6,612,739, Issued September 2, 2003

“Implantable Micro-Pump Assembly,” , US Patent Office No. 6,589,198, Issued July 8, 2003.

"Surgical Correction of Human Eye Refractive Errors By Active Composite Artificial Muscle Implants“, US Patent Office, No. 6,511,508 Issued January 28, 2003, also PCT Application No. 2323-00-PCT filed July (2001)

"Ionic Polymer Sensors and Actuators", US Patent Office, No. 6,475,639, Issued November 5, 2002.

"Electrically-Controllable Multi-Fingered Resilient Heart Compression Devices”, US Patent Office, Number 6,464,655, Issued October 15, (2002)

"Smart Fiber Optic Magnetometer", US Patent Office, Number 6,433,543, Issued , August 13, (2002)

"Metal Hydride Artificial Muscles,", US Patent Office, United State Patent 6,405,532, Issued June 18,  (2002)

"Dynamic Multi-Channel Fiber Optic Switch", US Patent Office, United State Patent, 6,381,382, Issued April 30, (2002)

"Dynamic Fiber Optic Switch with Artificial Muscles", US Patent Office, United States Patent 6,192,171, Issued  February 20, (2001)

"Dynamic Fiber Optic Switch", US Patent Office, United States Patent 6,181,844, Issued  January 30, (2001)

"Soft Actuators and Artificial Muscles" , US Patent Office, United States Patent 6,109,852, Issued  August 29, (2000)

"Fibrous, Parallel Spring-Loaded Shape-Memory Alloy (SMA) Robotic Linear Actuators", US Patent Office, United States Patent 5,821,664, Issued October 13, (1998)

"Shape Memory Alloy Thaw Sensors", US Patent Office, US Patent Number 5,735,607, issued April 7, (1998)

"Omni-Directional Electromagnetic Rail Launchers", US Patent Office, US Patent No. 5,435,225, Issued July 25, (1995)

"Spring-Loaded Ionic Polymeric Gel Linear Actuator", US Patent Office, US Patent No. 5,389,222, Issued February 14, (1995)

"Hybrid Armature Projectile", US Patent Office, US Patent No. 5,191,164, Issued March 2,  (1993)

"Electrically Controlled Polymeric Gel Actuators", (world’s first patent on synthetic artificial muscles), US Patent Office, US Patent No. 5,250,167, Issued October, 5, (1993)

   

"Robotic Apparatus", US Patent Office, US Patent No. 5,114,300, Issued May 19, (1992)

 

"Deployable Spatial Structure", US Patent Office, United States Patent  5,038,532, Issued  August 13, (1991), "The Magic Wheel", New York Times selected Invention of 1991, August 17, (1991)

 

"Bio-Potential Activation of Artificial Muscles”, US Patent and Trademark Office, Application No. 10/605,676, October 2003, Published Application

 

"Heat-Shrink Scleral Band With Custom-Made Buckle For Retinal Detachment Surgery", Patent Pending, US Patent and Trademark Office Application Number 10/707662, EFS ID No. 52983, Submitted December 30, 2003, Published Application

 

"Disc Drive Optical Switch with Multiple Transition Channels", US Patent Office, June 2001, CIP on Serial No. 09/626,342 , Published Application (2001)

 

"Accommodating Zonular Mini-Bridges”, US Patent Office, Serial Number 09/759,766, January, (2002), Patent Allowed 2/15/2006, Published Application

 

"Solid State Polymeric Sensors, Transducers and Actuators”, US Patent Office, Serial No. 09/217,210, July (2001), Published application, Patent changed name.

 

"Nitric Oxide(NO) Donor+cGMP-PDE5 Inhibitor As A Topical Drug For Glaucoma", US Patent Office, Application No. 10/064,627, July 31^st., (2002), Published Application

 

"Nitric Oxide(NO) Donor+cGMP-PDE5 Inhibitor As A Topical Drug For Enhanced Hair Growth", US Patent Office, Application No. 10/064,698, August 7, (2002), Published Application

 

"Novel Electrically Active Ionic Polymer Metal Composites and Novel Methods of Manufacturing Them", US Patent Office, Application No. 10/064,729, August 9, (2002), Published Application

 

"Surgical Correction of Human Eye Refractive Errors By Active Composite Artificial Muscle Implants”, US Patent Office, Serial No. 09/633,023, CIP Application submitted (December 2002), continuation and expansion of claims of the US Patent No. 6,511,508B1, Patent Allowed 11/28/2005, Published Application.

 

"Anti-Snoring Apparatus and Method”, US Patent Office, Serial No. 10/872,181, June (2004), Published Application

 

"Shape Memory Alloy Temperature Sensor and Switch”, US Patent Office, Serial No. 11/023,874, December (2004), Published Application

 

"Human Lower Limb Performance Enhancement Outfit”, US Patent Office, Serial No. 11/115,731, April (2005), Published Application

 

"Human Lower Limb Performance Enhancement Outfit Systems”, US Patent Office, Serial No. 11/180,349, July (2005), Published Application

 

"Backpack Support Apparatus”, US Patent Office, Serial No. 11/180,356, July (2005), Published Application

 

"Surgical Correction of Ptosis By Polymeric Artificial Muscles”, US Patent Office, Serial No. 11/318,665, December (2005), Published Application

 

"Synthetic Muscle-Based Multi-Powered Active Contact Lens”, US Patent Office, Serial No. 11/358,530, February (2006), Published Application