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Lower extremity exoskeleton

A lower extremity exoskeleton, configurable to be coupled to a person, comprises two leg supports configurable to be coupled to the person's lower limbs and configured to rest on the ground during their stance phases. Each leg support comprises a thigh link, a shank link, and two knee joints. Each knee joint is configured to allow flexion and extension between the respective shank link and the respective thigh link. The lower extremity exoskeleton also comprises an exoskeleton trunk configurable to be coupled to the person's upper body. The exoskeleton trunk is rotatably connectable to the thigh links of the leg supports allowing for the flexion and extension between the leg supports and the exoskeleton trunk. In this exemplary embodiment, the energy required for flexion and extension movement between the shank link and the respective thigh link of a leg support over a cyclic knee motion is provided by the person.
Owner:RGT UNIV OF CALIFORNIA

Spinal flexion and extension motion damper

An orthopedic damper system and method to control the degree of flexion and / or extension motion of the mobile vertebral segment while providing additional stability to the spine. The damper system includes an anchor having a spring hitch, a spring coupled to the spring hitch, and a cap coupled to the spring. The anchor is adapted to connect to a spinous process. The spring includes an inner hollow area adapted to accommodate the spring hitch. The cap includes an opening connected to an inner cavity that is adapted to accommodate the spring and the spring hitch.
Owner:CUSTOM SPINE INC

Device and Method for Knee Rehabilitation

A device for increasing the range of motion of a patient's knee joint comprising of a longitudinal track frame, having a sitting platform at one end and a movable leg and foot platform at the other end, driven back and forth by a foot actuation mechanism in a flexion-extension motion, linearly along the longitudinal track by an electronically controlled motor in accordance with user defined settings and operable in a passive, active or resistive mode in either a supine or sitting position.
Owner:DIALLO IBRAHIMA

Exercise bar

InactiveUS6129650ATherapy exerciseHorizontal barsStretch exerciseShoulder exercises
A shoulder exercise bar intended for use with hemiplegic patients is provided which maintains a patient's hands in proper position during shoulder exercises and may also be used for elbow and wrist exercises. The shoulder exercise bar includes a crossbar which is adjustable in length to fit a particular patient. A plurality of handles are provided at each end of the crossbar to be grasped by the patient demonstrating weakness. One of the handles is angularly offset at each end with respect to a longitudinal axis defined by the crossbar and provides for versatile strengthening and stretching exercises for the patient. The orientation of the handles also encourages self resisted or isotonic strengthening exercises.
Owner:WEDGE JR ROY D

Variable unweighting and resistance training and stretching apparatus for use with a cardiovascular or other exercise device

A device for variably unweighting or unloading and performing resistance exercises and stretches while performing cardiovascular exercises on a cardiovascular exercise machine or other exercise device, including a plurality of exercise elements at different locations above the machine or device, the exercise elements being graspable individually or in a selected number and resiliently extended in a variety of directions for reducing forces applied against movable elements of the exercise machine or device and for performing a variety of resistance exercises and stretches.
Owner:SOLOMON RICHARD D

Upper limb rehabilitant robot fingers and wrist training device

The invention discloses upper limb rehabilitant robot fingers and a wrist training device. The device comprises an installation base, a wrist rotary movement mechanism and a finger gripping and stretching exercise mechanism, wherein the wrist rotary movement mechanism is driven by a first servo motor through a two-stage reducing mechanism; a first-stage reducing mechanism is a gear reducer and is arranged on the front end of the first servo motor; a second-stage reducing mechanism is formed by intertwining a shaft sleeve and a rotary semi-circular ringthrough steel wire ropes and is located on the front end of the first-stage reducing mechanism; the first servo motor is arranged on the installation base; the finger gripping and stretching exercise mechanism is driven by a second servo motor through a two-stage reducing mechanism; a first-stage reducing mechanism is a gear reducer and is arranged on the front end of the second servo motor; the second servo motor is arranged on a palm support plate; the palm support plate is fixed on the rotary semi-circular ring of the wrist rotary movement mechanism. The wrist training device provided by the invention is simple in structure and strong in functionality.
Owner:INST OF AUTOMATION CHINESE ACAD OF SCI

Balance Fitness Machine

A balance fitness machine is provided which is capable of automatically and stably and also uniformly effecting muscle exercise and stretch exercise and exercise for increasing sense of balance. This balance fitness machine has a platform 1 capable of carrying a user H mounting thereof in a standing posture, a rocking mechanism 2 for rocking this platform 1 in front-rear, left-right, and up-down directions, and a drive motor 20 for driving this rocking mechanism 2. The platform 1 has a long-by-narrow shape and is linked to the rocking mechanism 2 through support members 48 formed of resilient bodies.
Owner:DAITO ELECTRIC MACHINE IND

Leg and foot exercising device for rehabilitation of patient in orthopedics department

The invention relates to a leg and foot exercising device, in particular to a leg and foot exercising device for rehabilitation of a patient in the orthopedics department and aims at providing the legand foot exercising device making exercises convenient, being simple in operation and good in exercising effect and used for rehabilitation of the patient in the orthopedics department. For solving the technical problem, the leg and foot exercising device for rehabilitation of the patient in the orthopedics department comprises a base plate and the like. A left support is arranged on the left side of the top of the base plate, a lifting mechanism is arranged at the upper portion of the left side of the left support, a stool is put on the left side of the top of the base plate, and a leg stretching mechanism is arranged at the top of the base plate. The leg and foot exercising device has the advantages of making exercises more convenient and being simple in operation and good in exercisingeffect, makes legs do stretching exercises through mutual matching of the lifting mechanism and the leg stretching mechanism and has a good exercising effect.
Owner:牛宝成

Knee joint prosthesis with a femoral component which links the tibiofemoral axis of rotation with the patellofemoral axis of rotation

A femoral component is provided for use in a knee joint prosthesis. The femoral component may be configured to provide one or more desirable kinematic relationships with a tibial component and / or patella so as to mimic the flexion and extension motion of a natural knee joint. The femoral component may be configured so that the patella follows a substantially circular pathway during knee flexion and extension. The femoral component may be configured so that the patella follows a curved patellar path during flexion and extension, and the curved patellar path has an origin located anterior and proximal to the geometrical center axis of the knee. The femoral component may be configured so that the patella follows a curved patellar path that lies in a plane which is parallel to and offset from a plane that extends through the center of the femoral head of a femur and is perpendicular to the geometric center axis of the knee. The femoral component may be configured so that at least a portion of the patella substantially follows a patellar path in a plane perpendicular to the geometrical center axis of a knee throughout knee flexion.
Owner:UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT

Structural improvement for stretching exercise apparatus

A structural improvement for stretching exercise apparatus comprises a carry handle pivotally connected symmetric long bottom seats, upper surfaces of the long bottom seats having symmetric guiding slots near two long side edges; at least two sets of symmetric casters, disposed to bottom portions of two pedals, for fitting the symmetric guiding slots; and two flexible riggings disposed inside the two long bottom seats. The feature of the apparatus is that a long channel is disposed between the symmetric guiding slots and upper surfaces of the symmetric long bottom seats. A plurality of symmetric positioning circular holes is disposed to two sides of the long channel. A limit seat has four end angles equipped with cylinders. Accordingly, the distance variations generated by the pedal relatively moving within the guiding slot can be changed by regulating the cylinders of the limit seat inserted into the positioning circular holes at different positions.
Owner:TENG JU CHUAN

Modular soft rehabilitation glove and modular soft rehabilitation system for assisting stretching exercise of fingers

The invention discloses a modular soft rehabilitation glove and a modular soft rehabilitation system for assisting stretching exercise of fingers, and belongs to the field of hand exoskeleton rehabilitation robots. The shape of a flexible finger driving assembly in the modular soft rehabilitation glove and the modular soft rehabilitation system is similar to the fingers of people, the flexible finger driving assembly can be well fused with a hand of the people, and wearing is convenient; meanwhile, modular design is adopted, the flexible finger driving assembly is detachably arranged on a glove upper body, and finger drivers in corresponding quantity can be selected for carrying out rehabilitation training according to the number of injured fingers of a patient; multiple training modes arerealized; an exercise environment of the patient can be fit by changing the self form, too large impact load cannot be caused to the hand of the patient, and meanwhile, secondary damage such as strain injury to the patient can be avoided by changing the self form when the exercise of the patient suffers from great resistance.
Owner:HUAZHONG UNIV OF SCI & TECH +1

Continuous passive motion exercise system with driven monitoring

InactiveUS7090650B2Avoid injuryReduce possible secondary injuryChiropractic devicesEye exercisersStretch exerciseTransceiver
The continuous passive motion exercise system enables human's joints to recover speedily to original functioning after injuries or surgeries, and thus shortens the period of time needed for joint rehabilitation. The present invention provides a force or torque monitoring device attached onto a continuous passive motion exercise mechanism to measure the driving force of the repeated joint flexing and extending motion, so as to evaluate the change of the viscosity and the stiffness of the injured joints through different rehabilitation periods. This monitoring device also monitor degrees of joint muscle's active contraction and thus slows down or stops the repeated motions of exercise mechanisms to improve safety concerns. In addition, such a monitoring device also includes a data transceiver interface utilized for transmitting and receiving the information regarding a patient's states of using such a exercise system in order to assess the patient and to provide doctors with the basis for evaluating and improving the rehabilitation condition of the injured joints.
Owner:IND TECH RES INST

Cervical collar with independent height and circumference adjustability

An adjustable cervical collar designed to accommodate a broad range of prospective wearers with unique physical attributes, and to restrict the movements of the wearer's cervical spine, including rotation, flexion, extension, and lateral bending. The cervical collar includes a front portion and back portion, which may be adjusted in relation to one other to vary the circumference of the cervical collar. The front portion includes upper and lower plastic portions which may be adjusted to vary the height of the cervical collar, and a front thoracic extender which may be adjusted to achieve a desired restrictiveness of flexion movement. The back portion includes occipital and back thoracic extenders which may be adjusted to achieve a desired restrictiveness of extension movement. The adjustable features may be operated independently of one another. The adjustable features include locking means to ensure that the cervical collar is securely applied to the wearer.
Owner:SC IP

Seat-type robot assisting device for four-limb stretching recovery

The invention provides a seat-type robot assisting device for four-limb stretching recovery. The seat-type robot assisting device for four-limb stretching recovery comprises a base mechanism, a backrest overturning mechanism, a waist rotating mechanism, an arm movement mechanism and a lower-limb stretching mechanism, wherein the backrest overturning mechanism is fixed on a bearing plate of the base mechanism, and drives the upper body to do forward bending / backward pitching movement; the waist rotating mechanism is fixed in the center of a backrest of the backrest overturning mechanism, and drives the upper body to do twisting movement; the arm movement mechanism is fixed at the upper portion of the backrest of the backrest overturning mechanism, and drives the arm to do bending / stretchingmovement of the elbow joint, twisting movement of the upper arm and outward swinging / inward shrinking movement and bending / stretching movement of the shoulder joint; the lower-limb stretching mechanism is fixed on the bearing plate of the base mechanism, and drives the crura to do bending / stretching movement. The seat-type robot assisting device for four-limb stretching recovery is mainly controlled by motors and electric pushing rods, a user selects stretching movement through a touch display screen on the edge of a corresponding handrail, and then the seat-type robot assisting device automatically assists the user in completing corresponding stretching movement.
Owner:WUHAN UNIV OF TECH

Pull cord assembly for body stretching exercise

A pull cord assembly for body stretching exercise includes an elastic cord member and a strand-like protective member. The elastic cord member has an elastic cord body which extends along a lengthwise axis to terminate at two anchored ends. The strand-like protective member has a strand-like body which extends lengthwise to terminate at two coupled ends that are secured with the anchored ends, respectively. The strand-like body is twined around the elastic cord body along the lengthwise axis so as to enhance the safety of using the pull cord assembly.
Owner:WANG WEN CHING

Muscle force assisting device

A muscle force assisting device includes a first attachment arranged along one bone of a joint, a second attachment arranged along the other bone of the joint, and a stretching-artificial muscle having one end provided on the first attachment and having the other end provided on the second attachment, in which an actuator that is extensible by supplying or discharging a substance such as gas, liquid and solid, or a mixture thereof is used as the stretching-artificial muscle, the muscle force assisting device assists motion of a user's joint such as an elbow, a knee and a wrist, a protecting member is provided on the first attachment as a path-restricting section that restricts a path of the stretching-artificial muscle, the protecting member restricts approach of the stretching-artificial muscle toward the joint, the stretching-artificial muscle is prevented from pressing a human body even if the path of the artificial muscle is changed by bending or stretching motion, and the a driving force of the artificial muscle can efficiently be converted into a stretching torque.
Owner:PANASONIC HEALTHCARE HLDG CO LTD

Bionic energy-storing walking aiding external skeleton

The invention discloses a bionic energy-storing walking aiding external skeleton. The bionic energy-storing walking aiding external skeleton comprises two foot supports, two lower leg support bars, two thigh support bars, a hip joint assembly, and an energy-storing assembly, wherein the hip joint assembly comprises two pelvis brackets and a connecting piece connected between the two pelvis brackets; the two pelvis brackets are connected to the thigh support bars through rotatable hip joints respectively; the energy-storing assembly is connected between the pelvis brackets and the thigh support bars, and is used for storing or releasing energy in order to assist a paraplegic patient in switching between a standing posture and a sitting posture. According to the walking aiding external skeleton disclosed by the invention, energy generated through stretching exercise of the waist of the paraplegic patient on a sagittal plane is stored in the energy-storing assembly, the energy is released during hip flection to provide hip flection assistance, a part of energy is stored in the energy-storing assembly which is connected with the pelvis brackets and the thigh support bars and is used for simulating the hip joint extensor of a human body in a hip flection, and a flexible girdle for providing hip extension assistance is used for aiding walking of the external skeleton, so that the physical energy consumption of the patient during walking is lowered.
Owner:CHINA REHABILITATION RES CENT +1

Knee-stretching Device and Treatment Methods

A knee-stretching device and methods of increasing knee range of motion in extension are disclosed. The knee-stretching device allows a patient to self-stretch and acts as a first class lever, applying force supplied by the patient's arms to the knee through the distal portion of the leg. The knee-stretching device can apply traction, varus, and valgus forces in addition knee extension force. Disclosed treatment methods include the use of the knee-stretching device before surgical intervention.
Owner:HARRIS DONALD T

Multi-fit orthotic and mobility assistance apparatus

ActiveUS8052629B2Facilitate flexionFacilitate motionRestraining devicesChiropractic devicesThighStretch exercise
A multi-fit orthotic structure including an attachment system for coupling the orthotic structure to a wide variety of subjects without requiring a custom fit. In one embodiment, active mobility assistance is provided via an orthotic system capable of integrating a linear actuator and linkage system to deliver torque to the lower leg of a subject to facilitate flexion and / or extension motion of the subject's leg. The orthotic structure is attached to the subject using a textile suspension system which does not require the orthotic structure to interface directly in the knee region or at the lateral areas of the thigh and calf of the subject, thus providing an ideal fit for the widest possible range of subjects with the minimum number of required sizes.
Owner:ALTERG INC

Structural improvement for stretching exercise apparatus

InactiveUS20110039667A1Variation for stroke distanceSimple structureStiltsMuscle exercising devicesStretch exerciseEngineering
A structural improvement for stretching exercise apparatus comprises a carry handle pivotally connected symmetric long bottom seats, upper surfaces of the long bottom seats having symmetric guiding slots near two long side edges; at least two sets of symmetric casters, disposed to bottom portions of two pedals, for fitting the symmetric guiding slots; and two flexible riggings disposed inside the two long bottom seats. The feature of the apparatus is that a long channel is disposed between the symmetric guiding slots and upper surfaces of the symmetric long bottom seats. A plurality of symmetric positioning circular holes is disposed to two sides of the long channel. A limit seat has four end angles equipped with cylinders. Accordingly, the distance variations generated by the pedal relatively moving within the guiding slot can be changed by regulating the cylinders of the limit seat inserted into the positioning circular holes at different positions.
Owner:TENG JU CHUAN

Knee orthosis and orthotic method

A knee orthosis that includes a medial tracking member that operatively fits along a lateral side of, and provides medial traction to, a patella having patellofemoral articular tissue; an inward tracking member that operatively fits over, and provides inward pressure against, the patella; wherein the inward tracking member provides a compressive force against the patella, thereby increasing the contact surface area between the patellofemoral articular tissue and an associated femoral trochlear groove. The inward tracking member overlays the patella and the medial tracking member so that medial traction can be placed on the patella. The inward tracking member provides continued compressive force against the patella to stretch lateral connective tissue, throughout a full extension motion of an associated knee, and the continuous compressive force is substantially the same throughout the extension motion. An orthotic method for correcting patellofemoral joint disorders is also disclosed.
Owner:CROPPER DEAN E

Device for leg movement of ICU patient

The invention discloses a device for leg movement of an ICU patient. A frame body of a bottom plate of the device is provided with a rotating shaft, and two leg movement mechanisms corresponding to the left and right legs of the ICU patient and allowing the legs to curl and stretch are connected with the rotating shaft side by side; the leg movement mechanisms comprise eccentric cams in shaft connection with the rotating shaft, the protruding edges of the eccentric cams are provided with T-shaped sliding grooves around the circumferences of the eccentric cams, the T-shaped sliding grooves areslidably connected with T-shaped sliding blocks, the T-shaped sliding blocks are connected with the lower ends of lifting rods, the upper ends of lifting rods are provided with leg supporting bodies,the lifting rods are further sleeved with guiding cylinders, and the guiding cylinders are fixed on the frame body; the rotating shaft is further in shaft connection with a first gear, the first gearis meshed with a second gear, the second gear is connected with an output shaft of a motor, the motor is fixed on the frame body, and the motor is electrically connected with a power source through amotor controller. The device for the leg movement of the ICU patient can drive the legs of the patient to rhythmically curl and stretch, thereby moving the legs, the structure is simple, and the production cost is low.
Owner:SICHUAN PROVINCIAL PEOPLES HOSPITAL

Exercise apparatus and method

InactiveUS7074166B2Degree be controlledDuration be controlledDollsPneumatic massageCommon baseStretch exercise
This invention relates to health and fitness, and more particularly to exercise methods and devices. More particularly, the invention is directed to stretching exercises and physical therapy, for example an apparatus and exercises for lower back pain. The exercise apparatus comprises at least three cells abutting each other on a common base or frame. Each cell can be independently inflated and deflated to provide an adjustable support cushion having a range of shapes and firmness. An articulated frame is optionally provided for additional independent movement of the cells. Users lie down on the cushion and produce precise stretches and exercises by controlling the rate and degree of inflation or deflation of each cell or group of cells, and optionally, articulated movement of the frame. Stretching can occur passively, as when the body conforms to the shape of the cushion, or actively by exercising in concert with the conformation of the cushion.
Owner:WEITZMAN BERNARD
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