A gait trainer adapted for use with a treadmill and, optionally, a spinning cycle, provides greater accessibility for therapeutic and rehabilitative gait pattern training to individuals confronting injury, illness, or disability. The gait trainer is adjustable, to accommodate a wide variety of users with different stride lengths and needs.

System and method for providing both powered and free swing operation in a powered orthotic exoskeleton joint. The joint includes a processor controllable ratchet wheel and pawl type clutch, configured to engage or disengage upon receiving force from a servo actuator. When the processor determines that the clutch should be engaged, it directs the powered actuator to couple the pawls to the ratchet wheel, allowing torque to be transferred from the joint's powered motor, through the clutch, to the gearing that subsequently controls the motion of the joint. Conversely, the processor can direct the powered actuator to decouple the pawls from the ratchet wheel. This in turn decouples the ratchet wheel from the motor, thus allowing the remainder of the joint and any associated joint gearing to engage in relatively free swing motion, without any interference from the motor.

A pneumatic physiotherapy apparatus with a unique structure comprising a wrap and an operating unit: wherein a wrap includes at least an outer wrap, an inner component housing, and an inner air bladder set; the operating unit is fixed to the outer wrap; the operating unit is also connected to the inner component housing; and the inner component housing is hidden inside the wrap. In addition, the apparatus can also have the operating unit operate an inflation motor and an integrated control board. The apparatus uses an inner air bladder set wherein each air bladder is inflatable. The apparatus can also contain a solenoid valve and a pressure detection valve. This design hides bulky components and eliminates connecting brackets. Therefore, this apparatus is a unique structure that allows a user to experience the extraordinary beauty of pneumatic physiotherapy apparatuses.

A method and apparatus for controlling a walking assistance apparatus are provided. The apparatus may include a detector configured to detect a first step of a user, based on measured right and left hip joint angle information, a reconstructor unit configured to reconstruct knee joint information matched to the right and left hip joint angle information based on knee joint trajectory information in response to the user's steps, and a torque generator configured to generate a first torque applied to a first leg corresponding to the first step. The torque generator may generate the first torque, based on a second torque applied to a second leg that is opposite to the first leg and that corresponds to a second step preceding the first step.

A rehabilitation system for robotized mobilization of a human glenohumeral joint of a patient. The rehabilitation system may include a limb gripping member and an actuating mechanism. The limb gripping member may be configured to receive an arm of a patient and secure the arm of the patient in a predetermined position. The actuating mechanism may be configured to urge a head of a humerus bone of the patient to glide along a first axis by applying a linear force to a proximal end of the humerus bone of the patient.

The present invention relates to a massage apparatus. More particularly, the invention relates to a massage apparatus which maintains the applied force of a massage head. The apparatus has massage head that is attached to a movable block. The movable block can be repositioned to apply force to a subject. A force sensor constantly transmits applied force readings to a microprocessor which maintains the applied force by adjusting the position of the movable block relative the subject's body.

A handheld acoustic shock wave or pressure pulse applicator device has a body structure and an applicator head. The body structure has a proximal end and a distal end with a longitudinal axis extending between the ends. The applicator head is at the distal end. the head emits pressure pulses or shock waves at an inclined angle relative to the longitudinal axis of the body structure. The applicator head has a balloon or lens or membrane through which the emitted pressure pulses or shock waves pass. The lens or membrane is configured to be coupled directly or indirectly to an exposed soft tissue surface of a palate inside a patient's mouth to direct emitted pressure pulses or shock waves to the brain. The applicator device can be configured with the inclined obtuse angle fixed between 150 degrees and 90 degrees or can be adjustable between 180 degrees and 90 degrees.

A wearable neck brace uses, for example, only three actuators but provides natural motion of the head and neck. This is achieved despite the fact that the head has six degrees of freedom including 3 translation and 3 rotation. In embodiments, a wearable neck brace actively controls the head of the wearer responsively to commands from a user interface such as an eye tracking input device. In further embodiments, a force-field is generated by actuators to provide assistance and/or training for weak muscles. Spring compensation may be provided for a passive support with flexibility. Encoders may be provided to generate treatment logs to support analysis of a patient's condition or progress or to provide therapy-facilitating (or athletic training-facilitating) feedback to the user.

Embodiments of the present disclosure disclose a sexual stimulation massage apparatus. The massage apparatus includes a body, and a reciprocating motion structure is disposed within the body. The reciprocating motion structure includes a rotational structure and a linear motion structure that are mechanically coupled with each other. A motor includes a rotating shaft which is mechanically coupled with the rotational structure to rotate the rotational structure. The reciprocating motion structure imparts a reciprocating motion to the linear motion structure. A stimulating structure is operatively coupled with the linear motion structure. The stimulating structure is configured to contact with a human body and provide sexual stimulation to the human body based on the reciprocating motion of the linear motion structure. A power source is configured to provide electric power to the motor for rotating the rotating shaft. A controller is configured at least to control the operation of the motor.

A walking assistance system includes a walking assistance apparatus attached to a leg of a user and a notification unit configured to notify the user of a predetermined state in the walking assistance apparatus. The walking assistance apparatus includes a flexion damper that applies a resisting force in a bending direction of a knee joint of a leg, a sensor that detects a switching timing in a gait cycle of the user, a control unit that switches the mode of the flexion damper in accordance with a switching timing, a detection unit that detects a predetermined state, and a transmission unit. The notification unit includes a vibration stimulation module that applies vibrations or electrical stimulation to a non-paralyzed area of the user's body and a reception unit.