Methods and apparatus for rehabilitation and training

US8012107B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Motorika Limited · BM

Inventors

• Omer Einav · Netanya, IL
• Haim Einav · Kfar Monash, IL
• Benny Rousso · Bat Yam, IL
• Doron Shabanov · Kochav Yair Tzur Yigal, IL
• Eran Katzir · Rosh HaAyin, IL
• Gad Binyamini · Jaljulya, IL

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 4, 2005
• Grant date: Sep 6, 2011
• Expiry date: Jul 9, 2027

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A63B2225/50
• WIPO field: Furniture, games
• WIPO sector: Other fields

Abstract

A method of rehabilitation comprising: providing a first actuator that includes a movement mechanism capable of applying a force that interacts with a motion of a patient's limb in a volume of at least 30 cm in diameter, in at least three degrees of freedom of motion of the actuator and capable of preventing substantial motion in any point in any direction in said volume; coupling said first actuator to a first point on a human body; providing a second actuator that includes a movement mechanism capable of applying a force that interacts with a motion of a patient's limb in a volume of at least 30 cm in diameter, in at least three degrees of freedom of motion of the actuator and capable of preventing substantial motion in any point in any direction in said volume; coupling said second actuator to a second point on a human body; and applying different forces to said points using said actuators.