Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Joint support unit and walking support apparatus
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Application No.: US16957452Application Date: 2018-12-12
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Publication No.: US11357692B2Publication Date: 2022-06-14
- Inventor: Hidetsugu Terada , Koji Makino , Teppei Ogura , Masahiro Nakamura , Rei Takahashi , Masaru Hoshino , Yukinobu Makihara
- Applicant: UNIVERSITY OF YAMANASHI , KOFU CITY , SUNCALL CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: JP Kofu; JP Kofu; JP Kyoto
- Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF YAMANASHI,KOFU CITY,SUNCALL CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF YAMANASHI,KOFU CITY,SUNCALL CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: JP Kofu; JP Kofu; JP Kyoto
- Agency: Locke Lord LLP
- Priority: JPJP2017-248375 20171225
- International Application: PCT/JP2018/045759 WO 20181212
- International Announcement: WO2019/131152 WO 20190704
- Main IPC: A61H3/00
- IPC: A61H3/00 ; A61H1/02

Abstract:
To provide a joint support unit, etc. capable of being worn on both left and right joints. A joint support unit 20 includes a first link 21 worn on one end side of a knee joint, a second link 22 worn on the other end side of the knee joint, and a driving unit 30 configured to cause the first link 21 and the second link 22 to perform rotational movement, or to relatively perform rotational movement while moving a rotation center and to perform sliding movement.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210069053A1 JOINT SUPPORT UNIT AND WALKING SUPPORT APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2021-03-11
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