LOCOMOTION ASSISTING APPARATUS WITH INTEGRATED TILT SENSOR

Title:

LOCOMOTION ASSISTING APPARATUS WITH INTEGRATED TILT SENSOR

Document Type and Number:

WIPO Patent Application WO/2012/052988

Kind Code:

A3

Abstract:

A locomotion assisting exoskeleton device includes a plurality of braces, including a trunk support for affixing to the part of the torso of a person and leg segment braces each leg segment brace for connecting to a section of a leg of the person. The device further includes at least one motorized joint for connecting two of the braces and for providing relative angular movement between the two braces. The device includes at least one tilt sensor mounted on the exoskeleton device for sensing a tilt of the exoskeleton, and a controller for receiving sensed signals from the tilt sensor and programmed with an algorithm with instructions for actuating the motorized joints in accordance with the sensed signals.

Inventors:

GOFFER AMIT (IL)
TAMARI OREN (IL)

Application Number:

PCT/IL2011/000799

Publication Date:

April 18, 2013

Filing Date:

October 10, 2011

Export Citation:

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Assignee:

ARGO MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES LTD (IL)
GOFFER AMIT (IL)
TAMARI OREN (IL)

International Classes:

A63B21/00

Foreign References:

US7153242B2	2006-12-26
US5252102A	1993-10-12
US20100094188A1	2010-04-15

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