Methods and apparatus for rehabilitation and training

US8753296B2 · 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: Jun 17, 2014
• Expiry date: Jan 21, 2029

Classification

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

Abstract

A method of rehabilitation using an actuator type 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, comprising: exercising a patient at a first place of rehabilitation selected from a bed, a wheel-chair, a clinic and a home, using an actuator of said actuator type which interacts with a motion of said patient; and second exercising said patient at a second place of rehabilitation selected from a bed, a wheel-chair, a clinic and a home using a second actuator of said actuator type which interacts with a motion of said patient; wherein said first exercising and said second exercising utilize a same movement mechanism design for moving the actuators.