A61H1/024

Joint support unit and walking support apparatus
11426299 · 2022-08-30 · ·

To provide a joint support unit, etc. capable of being worn on both left and right joints. A joint support unit includes a first link worn on one end side of a joint portion, a second link worn on the other end side of the joint portion, and rotatably coupled to the first link, a driving unit configured to perform rotation driving of the second link, and a rotation regulating unit configured to regulate a rotation direction and a rotation range of the second link. The rotation regulating unit includes an engagement body provided in one of the links, and an engagement part provided in the other one of the links, and engaging with the engagement body, the engagement part includes two guiding paths and that guide the engagement body moving according to the rotation direction of the second link in different directions, and a communication path.

REHABILITATION EXERCISE DEVICE FOR UPPER AND LOWER LIMBS
20220305328 · 2022-09-29 ·

Proposed is a rehabilitation exercise device for upper and lower limbs. The rehabilitation exercise device is characterized by including: a base plate; a mounting plate on which a rehabilitation exercise unit is mounted, the rehabilitation exercise unit including a first support for supporting a user's hand or foot, a second support for supporting a user's forearm or calf, a third support for supporting a user's upper arm or thigh, the mounting plate having a first side that is coupled to the base plate to be horizontally movable along a plate surface thereof; and a link member having opposite sides that are rotatably coupled to the base plate and the mounting plate, respectively, and configured to adjust an angle between the base plate and the mounting plate being rotated when the first side of the mounting plate is moved horizontally along the plate surface of the base plate.

REHABILITATION EXERCISE DEVICE FOR UPPER AND LOWER LIMBS
20220304882 · 2022-09-29 ·

Proposed is a rehabilitation exercise device for upper and lower limbs. The rehabilitation exercise device is characterized by including: a first support supporting a user's hand or foot; a second support supporting a user's forearm or calf; a pair of first hinges rotatably coupling the first support and the second support to each other; a third support supporting a user's upper arm or thigh; a pair of second hinges configured to be rotated in conjunction with the third support, and to which the second support part is coupled to be rotatable relative thereto; and an angle adjustment part adjusting an angle between the second support and the third support.

REHABILITATION EXERCISE DEVICE FOR UPPER AND LOWER LIMBS
20220304881 · 2022-09-29 ·

Proposed is a rehabilitation exercise device for upper and lower limbs. The rehabilitation exercise device is characterized by including: a first support supporting a user's hand or foot; a second support supporting a user's forearm or calf; a pair of first hinges rotatably connecting the first support and the second support to each other; a third support supporting a user's upper arm or thigh; a pair of second hinges rotatably connecting the second support and the third support to each other; and a drive module selectively mounted on any one of the pair of first hinges and the pair of second hinges, and configured to pivot the first support or the second support.

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USE OF TELEMEDICINE-ENABLED REHABILITATIVE HARDWARE AND FOR ENCOURAGEMENT OF REHABILITATIVE COMPLIANCE THROUGH PATIENT-BASED VIRTUAL SHARED SESSIONS

In one embodiment, a computer-implemented system includes treatment apparatuses configured to be manipulated by patients while performing an exercise session, patient interfaces associated with the plurality of patients, and a server computing device configured to receive first characteristics pertaining to the patients, and initiate a virtual shared session on the patient interfaces associated with the patients. The virtual shared session includes at least a set of multimedia feeds, and each multimedia feed of the set of multimedia feeds is associated with one or more of the patients. During the virtual shared session, the server computing device may present a first layout including the set of multimedia feeds, the first characteristics, or some combination thereof.

Legged mobility exoskeleton device with enhanced actuator mechanism employing magnetic/electrical coupling

A joint actuator assembly incudes a motor, a rotating driving member driven by the motor for driving a driven component, and a transmission assembly located between the motor and the rotating driving member that provides speed reduction from the motor to the rotating driving member. The rotating driving member includes a magnetic/electrical coupling comprising a magnetic coupling component configured to magnetically couple with an opposing magnetic coupling of the driven component, and an electrical element configured to provide an electrical connection to an opposing electrical element of the driven component. The actuator and driven component may be combined into a mobility device including a magnetic/electrical coupling system comprising a first magnetic/electrical coupling on the actuator assembly that magnetically and electrically couples to a second magnetic/electrical coupling on the driven component. The magnetic coupling system includes a plurality of magnetic elements located on the first and/or second magnetic/electrical couplings and opposing electrical elements for electrical connection when the actuator assembly and the driven component are joined together.

HEALTH APPLIANCE AND METHOD OF USING SAME
20170216124 · 2017-08-03 ·

Provide is a health appliance and a method using the same which achieve active and appropriate assistance of bending of a knee joint. The health appliance, which allows a user lying or seated to move their knee joint while supporting the knee joint, includes a support 1 which is a triangular prism having one side surfaces as a bottom surface 11, and an aid 2 mounted on the leg below the knee and can be pulled by the user. The support 1 has a width W at which one knee is supported, and has a cross section forming a triangle with a base corresponding to one side surface 11 and an acute diagonal angle θ1. When sandwiched under the user's knee, the base angle θ2 adjacent to the toe is larger than the diagonal angle θ1 and smaller than the base angle θ3 adjacent to the thigh.

Apparatus and method of training human brain and body to walk using modular an exoskeleton

A system and method to assist a user to overcome an interruption of service between the brain and the legs including several subsystems configured to be progressively removed to provide decreasing levels of lower trunk and leg support.

Walking training apparatus and method of controlling the same
11246784 · 2022-02-15 · ·

A walking training apparatus includes: a treadmill; a walking assistance apparatus configured to be mounted on a leg part of a user and assist the user's walking; a first pulling means for pulling at least one of the walking assistance apparatus and the leg part of the user upward and frontward; a second pulling means for pulling at least one of the walking assistance apparatus and the leg part of the user upward and rearward; and control means for controlling, while the treadmill is not being operated, pulling forces of the first pulling means and the second pulling means in such a way that the direction of a resultant pulling force, which is a resultant force of the pulling force of the first pulling means and the pulling force of the second pulling means, is changed rearward compared to a case in which the treadmill is being operated.

Assistance apparatus, assistance method, and recording medium

An assistance apparatus includes wires, each of which couples an upper-body belt and one of left and right knee belts to each other, and a motor. To promote implementation of first assistance for a user in walking while carrying an object, the motor generates a tension greater than or equal to a third threshold value in a second wire and a fourth wire, a tension greater than or equal to the third threshold value in the second wire and a third wire, and a tension greater than or equal to the third threshold value in a first wire and the fourth wire. During execution of the operation described above, upon receipt of determination of implementation, to indicate that implementation of the first assistance is determined, the motor generates a tension greater than or equal to a fourth threshold value in the second wire and the fourth wire, a tension greater than or equal to the fourth threshold value in the second wire and the third wire, and a tension greater than or equal to the fourth threshold value in the first wire and the fourth wire.