Soft exosuit for assistance with human motion

US11464700B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• President and Fellows of Harvard College · US

Inventors

• Alan Thomas Asbeck · Cambridge, US
• Ye Ding · Cambridge, US
• Robert Joseph Dyer · Concord, US
• Ignacio Galiana Bujanda · Cambridge, US
• Arnar Freyr Larusson · Hanover, US
• Brendan Thomas Quinlivan · Rutland, US
• Kai-Uwe Schmidt · Munich, DE
• Diana Wagner · Charlotte, US
• Conor J. Walsh · Corning, US
• Michael Wehner · Hawthorne, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 13, 2016
• Grant date: Oct 11, 2022
• Expiry date: Aug 10, 2039

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B25J9/0006
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

In at least one aspect, there is provided a system for generating force about one or more joints including a soft exosuit having a plurality of anchor elements and at least one connection element disposed between the plurality of anchor elements. The system also includes at least one sensor to determine a force the at least one connection element or at least one of the plurality of anchor elements and to output signals relating to the force, at least one actuator configured to change a tension in the soft exosuit and at least one controller configured to receive the signals output from the at least one sensor and actuate the at least one actuator responsive to the received signals.