• Patent Title: Shoulder brace and rehabilitation method using shoulder brace
  • Application No.: US17604558
    Application Date: 2020-03-17
  • Publication No.: US12090081B2
    Publication Date: 2024-09-17
  • Inventor: Koji ShomotoMasanori Fuyuki
  • Applicant: FUYUKI ACADEMY
  • Applicant Address: JP Nara
  • Assignee: FUYUKI ACADEMY
  • Current Assignee: FUYUKI ACADEMY
  • Current Assignee Address: JP Nara
  • Agency: Pearne & Gordon LLP
  • Priority: JP 19085379 2019.04.26
  • International Application: PCT/JP2020/011860 2020.03.17
  • International Announcement: WO2020/217786A 2020.10.29
  • Date entered country: 2021-10-18
  • Main IPC: A61F5/37
  • IPC: A61F5/37 A61H1/02
Shoulder brace and rehabilitation method using shoulder brace
Abstract:
A shoulder brace includes a shoulder cuff that can be worn to cover the shoulder of a user, an upper arm cuff that can be worn to cover the elbow joint of the user, a belt that can secure the shoulder cuff to the shoulder of the user, and an actuator that is the McKibben artificial muscle which can optionally expand and contract in entire length. The actuator contains a main actuator to link the vicinity of the acromion on the shoulder cuff and a side face of the upper arm cuff across the shoulder joint, an anterior auxiliary actuator to link a front face of the shoulder cuff and a front face of the upper arm cuff across the shoulder joint, and a posterior auxiliary actuator to link a back face of the shoulder cuff and a back face of the upper arm cuff across the shoulder joint.
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