Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Exoskeleton device and method of impeding relative movement in the exoskeleton device
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Application No.: US15508588Application Date: 2015-09-03
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Publication No.: US10238522B2Publication Date: 2019-03-26
- Inventor: Russ Angold , Kurt Amundson
- Applicant: Ekso Bionics, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Richmond
- Assignee: Ekso Bionics, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Ekso Bionics, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Richmond
- Agency: Diederiks & Whitelaw, PLC
- International Application: PCT/US2015/048377 WO 20150903
- International Announcement: WO2016/036963 WO 20160310
- Main IPC: A61F5/01
- IPC: A61F5/01

Abstract:
An exoskeleton device includes a first brace coupled to a first portion of a wearer of the exoskeleton device and a second brace coupled to a second portion of the wearer. A first joint connects the first and second braces and allows relative movement between the first and second braces. A first brake is controllable between an unactuated state and a plurality of actuated states, and the first brake impedes relative movement between the first and second braces at the first joint while the first brake is in one of the plurality of actuated states. A manual actuator is selectively used by the wearer during relative movement between the first and second braces. Use of the actuator causes the first brake to enter one of the plurality of actuated states such that relative movement between the first and second braces is impeded at the first joint.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170281385A1 Exoskeleton Device and Method of Impeding Relative Movement in the Exoskeleton Device Public/Granted day:2017-10-05
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