Patent classifications
A61H2003/043
Movable carrier
A movable carrier includes a main body, a first wheel, a driving module, a first support member, a second wheel, a seat, a first handle and two first switches. The first wheel is pivotally connected to the main body. The driving module is disposed in the main body. The first support member is connected to the driving module. The second wheel is pivotally connected to the first support member. The seat is disposed on the main body. The first handle is pivotally connected to the seat and has a trigger portion. The first switches are disposed on the seat. When the first handle rotates with respect to the seat and the trigger portion triggers the first switch, the driving module drives the first support member to rotate with respect to the main body, so as to increase or decrease a distance between the first wheel and the second wheel.
Mobility assistance device
A mobility assistance apparatus includes first and second frames positioned on left and right sides of a user; a hinge arm mechanism coupled to the first and second frames; and a pivotable securing unit or a walking seat coupled to the frames to transfer at least a portion of the user's body weight from the legs and to transfer weight through the user's hip or pelvis to the first and second frame enabling the user to stand or work for an extended period without requiring the user's arms to hold the frame.
ELECTRIC WALKING ASSISTING VEHICLE
The electric walking assisting vehicle includes a vehicle body; left and right driving wheels; left and right motors operable to individually transmit power to the left and right driving wheels; gripping parts provided in an upper portion of the vehicle body and can be gripped by a user in a standing and walking posture; an electromagnetic brake for locking the left and right driving wheels or the left and right motors; a forcible release for the electromagnetic brake; an inclination sensor detecting an inclination of the vehicle body; and a control unit controlling the left and right motors, and during stopping of the left and right motors, when the inclination detected by the inclination sensor is less than a predetermined threshold value, the forcible releasing means for the electromagnetic brake is enabled and when the inclination is the predetermined threshold value or more, the forcible releasing means is disabled.
SAFETY CONTROL FOR MOBILITY DEVICE
A mobility device configurable in a first walk configuration and a second stair-climb configuration, including a frame with movable front leg portions, a leg-actuation system connected to the front leg portions and a safety-control device mounted to the frame. The safety-control device includes a configuration selector, and a lever connected to the leg-actuation system and configured to actuate the cable actuation system so as to cause the first and second movable leg portions to move from a first position to a second position. The lever remains locked in a first lever position such that the lever cannot be moved unless the configuration selector is in a depressed position, thereby preventing inadvertent movement of the leg portion.
Method of positioning a user relative to a lift assist device retained on a mobility apparatus to maximize efficiency thereof
A lift assist device preferably includes a pair of lift units and a battery. Each lift unit preferably includes a linear actuator, a lift projection, a top bracket and a bottom bracket. A screw sled extends from one side of the linear actuator. An end of a lift projection is secured to the screw sled. One end of the top bracket is attached to a top of the linear actuator. One end of a bottom bracket is attached to a bottom of the linear actuator. The top and bottom brackets will be different depending on whether they are attached to rollators, wheelchairs, motorized wheelchairs and motorized scooters. The lift assist device may be used to help lift a user from a chair adjacent the rollator, wheelchair, motorized wheelchair or motorized scooter, or when the user is seated in rollator, wheelchair, motorized wheelchair or motorized scooter.
Wheel steering angle adjustment device for vehicle operated by man power
This application relates to a wheel steering angle adjustment device for a vehicle operated by manpower. The device may include a fixed body including a rotation support, a rotation body, a lift member coupled to the rotation support, a locking switch coupled to the lift member, and a plurality of fixing groove portions in the outer peripheral surface of the rotation support. The device may also include a fixing protrusion protruding from the locking switch and configured to be detachably coupled to the fixing groove portions, a rotation range limiting stopper provided on a lower portion of the lift member, and a rotation guide groove portion provided concavely in an upper surface of the rotation body. As the rotation range limiting stopper becomes stuck on an end portion of the rotation guide groove portion, an angle by which the rotation body is rotatable relative to the fixed body is limited.
Walking assist device
A walking assist device has a frame, fixed handles, rails provided with movable handles, front wheels, rear wheels and that serve as drive wheels, drive units, a battery, and a drive control unit, and travels forward or rearward together with a user that walks while grasping the fixed handles or the movable handles. The walking assist device has an operation mode switching unit that switches between a training mode, in which a load is applied to operation of the body of the user performed as the user walks, and an assist mode in which a load on operation of the body of the user performed as the user walks is alleviated.
TRANSPORTATION DEVICE WITH MULTIPLE FUNCTIONALITIES
The present invention describes a transportation device 1 comprising multiple motorized wheels, for propulsion of the transportation device 1, wherein the transportation device 1 comprises at least one user ride-on unit 50, wherein the transportation device 1 has at least 4 wheels 4L, 4R, 5L, 5R, and wherein the transportation device 1 comprises a frame 70 arranged to provide a standing and/or walking space for the user.
Therapeutic walking trainer
A therapeutic walking trainer with a foot receiving portion for receiving at least a sub-region the forefoot of a user or for forming a connection with a toe of a shoe, having at least one main carrier which can be displaced in and/or counter to an adjustment direction, and with an actively and/or passively operable adjustment unit for the relative adjustment, oriented essentially perpendicular to the adjustment direction, of the foot receiving portion relative to the at least one main carrier.
MOBILITY AID
A mobility aid is provided. The mobility aid includes a mobile base movable along a mobile-base-movement plane, the mobile base having a plurality of wheels. The mobility aid also includes a seat pivotably coupled to the mobile base in a manner so as to be pivotable between a sitting disposition, in which the seat is oriented parallel to the mobile-base-movement plane, and a standing disposition, in which the seat is oriented perpendicular to the mobile-base-movement plane and a sitting surface of the seat is facing forward with respect to a forward-movement direction of the mobile base. The mobility aid also includes a balance-assist unit having a balance-assist-linkage mechanism coupled to the seat, and a body-support-module coupled to the balance-assist-linkage mechanism. Components of the balance-assist-linkage mechanism are jointed in a manner movable to allow movements of the body-support-module relative to the seat along a module-movement-plane parallel to the mobile-base-movement plane when the seat is in the standing disposition.