The present invention relates to a walking training apparatus. The walking training apparatus includes: a treadmill providing a bottom surface to allow a user who is training to walk to do so in a stationary position; a user counterweight unit including a counterweight, a wire, and a harness jacket, wherein the user counterweight unit lifts the user's body upward in order to reduce the load from the user's weight; a joint motion robot worn on one lower leg of the walker, wherein the joint motion robot is constituted by a hip-joint motion part, a knee-joint motion part, and an ankle-joint motion part; a joint motion robot support part supporting and coupled to the joint motion robot to reduce the load of the weight of the joint motion robot, wherein the joint motion robot support includes a horizontal movable part and a vertical movable part for moving the joint motion robot; and a control unit linked with at least one of the treadmill, the user counterweight unit, the joint motion robot, and the joint motion robot support in order to generate a customized control signal according to the user and to transmit the signal.

A gait training system has a motor connected to a first linkage system by an actuator. The first linkage system has multiple linkage members connected to multiple joints and an endpoint that is configured to produce a cyclic gait motion when the motor is activated. First and second linkage members have an adjustable length. A method of customizing a gait pattern on a gait training system is also described.

The method DeCOMPRESSit is to decompress the spine from natural upright position using the force of gravity as a nonlinear increasing decompression force, which is applied to a spinal column in upright position. This allows the decompression force to be focused on selective vertebrae.

The method to achieve the decompression results has attachment points to fix the body from the two natural upright positions, sitting and standing. This position will drive all not fixed parts under the attachment point down by gravity in a very natural way. There is no restriction in time by applying this method.

A seat to achieve this decompression method has a back with attachment points, a seating base with its steady part and attached to it a movable adjustable flap, several movable adjustable resting flaps and handles, several movable adjustable joints, several movable adjustable extensions and a seat-leg-support-system. Everything should be adjusted together to fit the individuality of all body shapes to achieve the maximum support to the body and to place the user in a very relaxed position.

A device to achieve this decompression method from the natural upright standing position has a harness to fix the body from under the armpits connected to a support system which contains a freely turning anchor and an adjustable belt. The support system must be placed over the head, aligned with the center of gravity of the human body. Everything should be adjusted together to fit the individuality of all body shapes to achieve the maximum support to the body and to place the user in a very relaxed position.

Other features and advantages will be apparent from the following description in conjunction with the drawings.

A complex rehabilitation technology system includes a frame and a complex rehabilitation technology device. This frame is movable between a collapsed carriable position and an expanded support position to facilitate portability or storage. The complex rehabilitation technology device is coupled to the frame. And, the complex rehabilitation technology device is configured to be operable when the frame is in the expanded support position. The complex rehabilitation technology system can be portable (e.g., configured for one-handed carrying).

The application presents a multi-posture lower limb rehabilitation robot, which includes a robot base and a training bed. The training bed comprises two sets of leg mechanisms, a seat, a seat width adjustment mechanism, a mechanism for adjusting the gravity center of human body, a back cushion, a weight support system and a mechanism for adjusting the back cushion angle. The robot base comprises a mechanism for adjusting the bed angle. The mechanisms for adjusting the angles of bed and back cushion can be used together to provide paralysis patients with multiple training modes of lying, sitting, and standing postures. Each leg mechanism comprises hip, knee, and ankle joints, which are driven by electric motors; angle and force sensors are installed on each joint, and can be used to identify patients' motion intention to provide patients with active and assistant training. The mechanism for adjusting the gravity center of human body, the leg mechanisms, and the weight support system can be used together to implement human natural walking gait to improve the training effect.

Disclosed herein are vertical traction systems and methods of using the vertical traction systems to treat both bones and muscles in a normal working state. In one embodiment, a vertical traction system includes a frame, a load-bearing assembly, and a spinal traction assembly. The load-bearing assembly is coupled to the frame, and is configured to move vertically and support a subject under treatment in an upright position while the load-bearing assembly moves vertically. The spinal traction assembly is coupled to the frame, and is configured to pull the cervical or lumbar spine of the subject.

A computer acquires sensor data generated by measuring walking of one or more cycles of a user with a sensor, calculates an estimated value of a gait phase in the sensor data using a reference model, calculates an ideal value of the phase corresponding to the calculated estimated value based on a period of the walking that appears in the sensor data, and generates the correction model by modeling an error between the estimated value of the gait phase and the ideal value. This provides a technique for estimating the gait phase easily and accurately in real time.

The invention relates to a device for driving the lower limbs of a person, including a base frame; a table supporting the person; at least one motorized mechanical orthosis arranged to constitute an interface with at least one of the lower limbs of the person so that the movements of the lower limb and the orthosis are connected and identical and with the orthosis being attached to one end of the table; and a device for functional electrical stimulation and for measuring an electromyogram including at least one pair of stimulation and measurement electrodes intended for acting on a muscle or muscle group of the lower limb, and for stimulating the muscle or muscle group, as well as for measuring the reaction of the muscle or muscle group, wherein the device also includes a raising mechanism which makes it possible to vary the vertical position of the table relative to the base frame between a low position in which the transfer and the installation of the person are made easier, intermediate working positions, and a raised position making it possible to drive the person in a standing position, and a mechanism for tilting the table which makes it possible to vary the inclination of the table relative to the base frame, in particular between a horizontal position in which the person is positioned in dorsal decubitus, and a vertical position in which the person is in a standing position, and wherein the combination of the mechanisms for raising and tilting the table allowing the mobility of the orthosis across the entire respective physiological ranges of movement of the lower limb.

An apparatus for stretching comprises a body holder for connecting to a support device (e.g., a frame or ball joint). The body holder includes a body support panel for receiving an upper portion of user's body, a left arm holder for receiving a left arm, and a right arm holder for receiving a right arm. The left arm holder and the right arm holder are pivotally connected to the body support panel. The body support panel can have an ergonomic curved surface to approximate a part of user's torso. The left arm holder can also have a curved surface to approximate a portion of left side of a user's torso and at least a portion of left arm. Similarly, the right arm holder can have has a curved surface to approximate at least a portion of right side of the user's torso and at least a portion of right arm.

A method for performing a surgical procedure includes: positioning a patient in a surgical patient interface device that includes: a base, a platform coupled to the base, and a first abutment and a second abutment each coupled to the platform; rotating the platform between a first position and a second position, where, in the first position, the platform extends in a substantially horizontal direction relative to the base, and the first and second abutments are separated by a first distance, and in the second position, the platform extends in a substantially vertical direction relative to the base; adjusting one or both of the first and second abutments relative to the platform such that, in the second position, the first and second abutments are separated by a second distance different from the first distance; and accessing a target portion of skin of the patient for the surgical procedure.