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Title:
FUNCTIONAL ELECTROSTIMULATION WALKING ASSISTING DEVICE
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2004313555
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:

To provide a functional electrostimulation walking assisting device in which components to be attached to a patient are light in weight, which enables the patient to smoothly walk without attaching the outfit to a diseased leg, and which is comfortable for the patient to use, inexpensive, light in weight, and easy to use, and also to provide a treatment device.

Signals from a pressure switch 11 mounted to an insole 16 of a shoe 15 for a sound leg are transmitted by radio. The movement timing of the diseased leg is predicted from the movement of the sound leg in the walking assisting device body (a treatment device body) 20. Functional electrostimulation pulses with an accurate output envelope pattern are imparted to the diseased leg at an accurate timing.


Inventors:
MOTODA HIDEKAZU
MATSUO KOICHI
Application Number:
JP2003113518A
Publication Date:
November 11, 2004
Filing Date:
April 18, 2003
Export Citation:
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Assignee:
ROUDOU FUKUSHI JIGYODAN
International Classes:
A61H3/00; A61N1/36; (IPC1-7): A61H3/00; A61N1/36
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Isosuke Kato
Akito Tashita