Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Wearable power assistive device for hand rehabilitation
- Patent Title (中): 用于手部康复的可佩戴的动力辅助装置
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Application No.: US13851955Application Date: 2013-03-28
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Publication No.: US09532916B2Publication Date: 2017-01-03
- Inventor: Michael Kam Fai Tsui , Kai Yu Tong
- Applicant: Rehab-Robotics Company Limited , The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
- Applicant Address: HK Hong Kong HK Hong Kong
- Assignee: REHAB-ROBOTICS COMPANY LIMITED,THE HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY
- Current Assignee: REHAB-ROBOTICS COMPANY LIMITED,THE HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY
- Current Assignee Address: HK Hong Kong HK Hong Kong
- Main IPC: A61H1/02
- IPC: A61H1/02

Abstract:
A wearable power assistive device for hand rehabilitation includes a hand brace having an external platform and an internal platform connected to and spaced inwardly from the external platform. Five finger assemblies are adjustably mounted on and extending from the distal end of the external platform. Each finger assembly includes a proximal follower assembly for a metacarpophalangeal joint. Five motors are used to actuate the five finger assemblies respectively. Each motor is mounted in close proximity to the external platform and has one end connected to the external platform and another end coupled to its proximal follower assembly by a ball joint in order to facilitate transfer of force and minimize mechanical stress on the other parts of the device.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130261514A1 WEARABLE POWER ASSISTIVE DEVICE FOR HAND REHABILITATION Public/Granted day:2013-10-03
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