GAIT ORTHOTIC SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ACHIEVING HANDS-FREE STABILITY
    1.
    发明公开
    GAIT ORTHOTIC SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ACHIEVING HANDS-FREE STABILITY 审中-公开
    ORTHOPÄDISCHESGANGSYSTEM UND VERFAHREN ZUR ERZIELUNG HANDFREIERSTABILITÄT

    公开(公告)号:EP2967918A4

    公开(公告)日:2016-11-16

    申请号:EP14780079

    申请日:2014-03-11

    申请人: EKSO BIONICS INC

    摘要: A gait orthotic system includes a balance aid and a gait orthotic device. The gait orthotic device has a rigid attachment mechanism configured to securely and releasably couple the balance aid to the gait orthotic device. When the balance aid is coupled to the gait orthotic device, the gait orthotic device is supported in a standing position so that a user of the gait orthotic device is able to use his/her hands freely. When the balance aid is not coupled to the gait orthotic device, the user is able to use the balance aid for locomotion. In certain embodiments, the balance aid is a forearm crutch, a walker or a cane, while the rigid attachment mechanism is a clamp with an over-center latch.

    摘要翻译: 步态矫正系统包括平衡辅助装置和步态矫正装置。 步态矫正装置具有刚性附接机构,其构造成将平衡辅助件牢固地和可释放地联接到步态矫正装置。 当平衡辅助件耦合到步态矫正装置时,步态矫正装置被支撑在站立位置,使得步态矫正装置的使用者能够自由地使用他/她的手。 当平衡辅助装置不耦合到步态矫正装置时,用户能够使用平衡辅助装置来运动。 在某些实施例中,平衡辅助装置是前臂拐杖,步行器或手杖,而刚性附接机构是具有过中心闩锁的夹具。

    AMBULATORY EXOSKELETON AND METHOD OF RELOCATING EXOSKELETON

    公开(公告)号:EP3119369A4

    公开(公告)日:2017-11-29

    申请号:EP15765102

    申请日:2015-03-19

    申请人: EKSO BIONICS INC

    IPC分类号: A61H3/00 A61H1/02 B62D57/032

    摘要: An ambulatory exoskeleton can be selectively operated in at least two different modes, with one mode constituting an unworn propulsion mode, used when the exoskeleton is not worn by a user, and another mode constituting a default or worn propulsion mode, used when the exoskeleton is worn by a user. With this arrangement, a physical therapist, or other operator, wishing to move an unworn exoskeleton, can balance the unworn exoskeleton, while simultaneously utilizing a control system and actuators of the exoskeleton to propel the unworn exoskeleton. Therefore, the exoskeleton walks by taking steps forward, as commanded by the operator using any of a plurality of input arrangements, while the operator balances and steers the exoskeleton by physically guiding the exoskeleton using a handle or other interaction surface of the exoskeleton.

    RECONFIGURABLE EXOSKELETON
    5.
    发明公开
    RECONFIGURABLE EXOSKELETON 审中-公开
    REKONFIGURIERBARES EXOSKELETT

    公开(公告)号:EP2931204A4

    公开(公告)日:2016-09-21

    申请号:EP13862294

    申请日:2013-12-11

    申请人: EKSO BIONICS INC

    IPC分类号: A61H1/02 A61H3/00 B25J9/00

    摘要: An exoskeleton can be reconfigured, adjusted and/or controlled on the fly utilizing devices which fall into three categories, particularly including a swappable unactuated leg, lockable transverse and coronal hip rotations, and software controlled free joints. More specifically, the first device allows for the creation of a modular joint system in which individual exoskeleton joints or limbs can be changed or swapped to optimize an exoskeleton for a particular user. The second device is concerned with mechanically controlling, such as locking and unlocking, joints thereby allowing, for example, an exoskeleton leg to pivot or not pivot in an axis that is not actuated. The third device allows an actuated exoskeleton joint to be adjusted on the fly using software to simulate a freely rotating joint. The various devices can be used either alone or in combination to enable any given exoskeleton to be appropriately reconfigured, such as when a patient advances during therapy.

    摘要翻译: 外骨骼可以在飞行中重新配置,调整和/或控制,利用分为三类的装置,特别是包括可切换的未致动腿,可锁定的横向和冠状髋关节旋转以及软件控制的自由关节。 更具体地,第一装置允许创建模块化关节系统,其中可以改变或交换单个外骨骼关节或四肢以优化特定使用者的外骨骼。 第二装置涉及机械控制,例如锁定和解锁接合,从而允许例如外骨骼腿在未致动的轴线上枢转或不枢转。 第三装置允许使用软件在飞行中调节致动的外骨骼关节以模拟自由旋转的关节。 各种装置可以单独使用或组合使用,以使得能够适当地重新配置任何给定的外骨骼,例如当患者在治疗期间前进时。