System for the control and monitoring of functional device for the disabled with energy from outside the body and a method for the remote control thereof

US6740123B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• I.N.A.I.L. Centro per la Sperimentazione Ed Applicazione di Protesi e Presidi Ortopedici per Gli Infortuni Sul Lavoro · IT

Inventors

• Angelo Davalli · Budrio, IT
• Rinaldo Sacchetti · Torricella, IT

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 31, 2001
• Grant date: May 25, 2004
• Expiry date: Jun 4, 2022

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G05B2223/06
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

The present invention relates to a system for the control and monitoring of functional devices for the disabled with energy from outside the body, comprising actuator element(s), data-processing element(s), and control element(s) connected to the actuator element(s) to the processing element(s). The system further comprises a sensor element which is connected to the control element(s) and can transmit one or more signals for the control and monitoring of functional devices for the disabled. The present invention also relates to the procedures necessary for the remote control and monitoring of the system.