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Powered lower extremity orthotic and method of operation

US9351855B2 · kind B2 · utility

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62References

20Claims

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Assignees

Ekso Bionics Holdings, Inc. · US
The Regents of the University of California · US

Inventors

Tim Swift · Walnut Creek, US
Adam Zoss · Berkeley, US
Katherine Strausser · Berkeley, US
Matthew Rosa · San Francisco, US
Homayoon Kazerooni · Berkeley, US
Dylan Fairbanks · Oakland, US
Minerva V. Pillai · Redwood City, US
Miclas Schwartz · Göttingen, DE
Bram Gilbert Antoon Lambrecht · Sunnyvale, US
Sebastian Kruse · Berkeley, US

Key dates

Filing date	May 24, 2012
Grant date	May 31, 2016
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 22, 2034

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61F2220/0033
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A powered lower extremity orthotic, including a shank link coupled to an artificial foot, a knee mechanism connected to the shank link and a thigh link, is controlled by based on signals from various orthotic mounted sensors such that the artificial foot follows a predetermined trajectory defined by at least one Cartesian coordinate.

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