Load distribution device for human joints
US9370439B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 18, 2011 |
| Grant date | Jun 21, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 22, 2033 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61F2005/0155
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A load distribution device that transfers the musculo-skeletal stress at a joint to associated body segments of a given joint-segments body structure. The device includes a proximal support element adapted to be positioned onto a proximal body segment, a distal support element adapted to be positioned onto a distal body segment, a compensating joint movably connecting the proximal and distal support elements, a control system operatively connected to the compensating joint and a power source supplying power to the control system and the compensating joint. During user executed movements, the compensating joint generates or dissipates, under the directions of the control system a preset level of biomechanical energy corresponding to a user desired musculo-skeletal stress reduction at the joint-segments structure in order to compensate the movements of the user, the biomechanical energy being redistributed onto the proximal and distal body segments via the corresponding proximal and distal support elements.
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