Abstract:
A device (1) for the passive movement of the fingers for the therapeutic treatment of a patient comprising a plurality of supporting elements (2), each one susceptible to receive a finger of a patient, and a movement unit (5) comprising: a plurality of actuating means (6) each one operatively connected to one respective of the supporting elements (2) so as to move it with movements uncoordinated from the movements of the other supporting elements (2) which are moved with other actuating means (6); a plurality of motion transmission means (7) each one interposed between one of the actuating means (6) and one respective of the supporting elements (2) and all of them designed to move the supporting elements (2) with three degrees of freedom.
Abstract:
A gait rehabilitation machine and a method of using the same are provided for lower-limb rehabilitation. The gait rehabilitation machine includes: a frame; a rear supporting member provided at the frame so that the back side of a human body can lean against the rear supporting member; a thigh supporting member corresponding to a thigh of the human body and pivotally connected to the frame; a shank supporting member corresponding to the corresponding shank of the human body, pivotally connected to the thigh supporting member, and having a petal to be stepped on by the human body; a knee supporting member corresponding to the corresponding knee of the human body and provided at the thigh supporting member or the shank supporting member; and a transmission device for driving the shank supporting member to move. Thus, a patient can do lower-limb gait rehabilitation exercise without using a suspension system.
Abstract:
A massage device for a massage chair includes a frame on which first, second, and third actuation mechanisms are mounted. A tappet is connected to each of two first swaying mechanisms connected to an actuation portion of the first actuation mechanism. Two second swaying mechanisms are connected to an actuation portion of the second actuation mechanism and each includes a bracket. Each of two rocker arm mechanisms has a connecting portion fixed to one of the tappets and a rocker arm with rollers. A push portion is provided at each rocker arm. A pressure device is mounted between each push portion and one of the brackets. The pressure devices transmit movement from the second swaying mechanisms to the rocker arm mechanisms to proceed with massage movement. A pressure of each pressure device can be increased or released to increase massaging pressure of the rocker arms and to absorb shock.
Abstract:
A pelvis interface may include a subject attachment module including a waist attachment and a back attachment. The interface may further include an arm assembly coupled to the subject attachment module, the arm assembly including a plurality of arms so coupled to one another and/or to the subject attachment module as to permit the subject attachment module at least one pelvis translation degree of freedom and at least one pelvis rotation degree of freedom. The interface may further include motors so coupled to the arm assembly as to actuate at least one pelvis translation degree of freedom and at least one pelvis rotation degree of freedom.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a massage device (1). The massage device (1) comprises a first support (32), a second support (30) and a deformable connector (36). The first support (32) has a massage face (34). The second support (30) has a protrusion (31) for accommodating an electrical coil (8). During use of the massage device (1), electrical coil 8 conducts an electrical current. First support (32) is provided with an electro-magnetic system (15) comprising permanent magnets (14, 24) or one or more electrical coils, magnetically conductible bodies or a combination thereof. First support (32) is connected to second support (30) by a deformable connector (36). As a result of electro-magnetic interaction a force indicated by an arrow (56) is exerted on protrusion (31). The first support (32) may be displaced relative to the second support (30).
Abstract:
A lower limb function training device which the patient themselves can use safely with no sense of fear, which is used to prevent or improve a drop foot contracture or to expand the excursion of a joint while preventing the patient from using it over an appropriate amount of exercise to the utmost, which allows the patient to select the type of exercise, and which enables measurement of state of the body. The device is provided with a foot rest support structure, a foot rest drive mechanism and a round-trip movement sensing device, and a brake device for braking the round-trip movement of the foot rest when the count reaches a preset value. The device is provided with a foot rest support structure, a foot rest drive mechanism and at least one contact sensor on a surface of the foot rest, and a brake device for braking the back-and-forth movement of the foot rest when the at least one contact sensor detects the soles of the feet contacting.
Abstract:
A hand held tool (10) comprises a handle (14), a contact member (16), and an electric motor (12). The contact member has a contact surface portion 17 that lies in the first plane. The motor (12) has a stator (23) and an armature (19) where the armature (19) is able to move with non-rotary translational motion in a second plane relative to the stator (23), the second plane being parallel to the first plane. One of the stator (23) and the armature (19) is attached to the handle (14), while the other is attached to the contact member (16). Therefore, relative motion of the stator (23) and armature (19) is translated to relative motion between the handle (14) and the contact member (16). A resilient coupling (18) is coupled between the handle 14 and the contact member (16) and applies a bias against the relative motion between the handle (14) and contact member (16).
Abstract:
An ambulatory suspension system for gait rehabilitation has a parallel pair of rails bordering the sides of a training area and a bridge extending between and movable along the rails. A trolley is movable along the bridge and includes a motor driven hoist with a cable extending thereabout and depending from the trolley. The hoist is operable to vary the length of the cable depending from the trolley, and a harness is suspended by the cable. Motors move the bridge along the rails and the trolley along the bridge as the sensors sense the direction of movement of the patient in X and Y directions. The falling motion of a patient supported in the harness is sensed and will immediately disable the system. A computer control receives signals from the sensors and operates the motors so that the patient is held in an upright position.
Abstract:
A method and a robotic device for locomotion training. The method involves shifting a subject's pelvis without directly contacting the subject's leg, thereby causing the subject's legs to move along a moveable surface. The device comprises two backdriveable robots, each having three pneumatic cylinders that connect to each other at their rod ends for attachment to the subject's torso. Also provided is a method of determining a locomotion training strategy for a pelvic-shifting robot by incorporating dynamic motion optimization.
Abstract:
A method and a robotic device for locomotion training. The method involves shifting a subject's pelvis without directly contacting the subject's leg, thereby causing the subject's legs to move along a moveable surface. The device comprises two backdriveable robots, each having three pneumatic cylinders that connect to each other at their rod ends for attachment to the subject's torso. Also provided is a method of determining a locomotion training strategy for a pelvic-shifting robot by incorporating dynamic motion optimization.