Machine to human interfaces for communication from a lower extremity orthotic

US10391016B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Ekso Bionics Holdings, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Reuben Sandler · Berkeley, US
• Kurt Amundson · Berkeley, US
• James A. Stryker · San Francisco, US
• Katherine Strausser · Berkeley, US
• Adam Zoss · Berkeley, US
• Tim Swift · Walnut Creek, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 12, 2014
• Grant date: Aug 27, 2019
• Expiry date: Jul 6, 2036

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61H2201/5094
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

An exoskeleton includes a control system which incorporates a feedback system used to establish and communicate orthosis operational information to a physical therapist and/or to an exoskeleton user. The feedback system can take various forms, including employing sensors to establish a feedback ready value and communicating the value through one or more light sources which can be in close proximity to joints of the exoskeleton joints.