公开(公告)号：US10292891B2

公开(公告)日：2019-05-21

申请号：US15937186

申请日：2018-03-27

Applicant: Ohio State Innovation Foundation

Inventor： Yuan Fang Zheng ,  Hongfei Wang

IPC: A61H3/04 ,  A61H1/02 ,  A61H3/00 ,  A61H3/02 ,  A61F5/01

Abstract: A robotic walker and associated method are provided. The robotic walker includes a housing containing a control unit operatively connected to a drive unit. The drive unit is operatively connected to a pair of motorized drive wheels. The robotic walker includes first and second winches, each winch having a strap that can be retracted by its respective winch, each winch is operatively connected to the drive unit, each strap having an end adapted to be removably connected to a pair of leg braces worn by a user. The first and second winches may retract a portion of each respective strap to move the legs of the user forward. A first control button is operatively connected to the control unit. The control unit is configured to operate the robotic walker in at least one control mode and the first control button being operable to start the at least one control mode.

公开(公告)号：US20180344560A1

公开(公告)日：2018-12-06

申请号：US15937186

申请日：2018-03-27

Applicant: Ohio State Innovation Foundation

Inventor： Yuan Fang Zheng ,  Hongfei Wang

IPC: A61H1/02 ,  A61F5/01

CPC classification number: A61H1/0262 ,  A61F5/0123 ,  A61H3/00 ,  A61H3/02 ,  A61H3/04 ,  A61H2003/007 ,  A61H2003/043 ,  A61H2201/0173 ,  A61H2201/1207 ,  A61H2201/1215 ,  A61H2201/14 ,  A61H2201/149 ,  A61H2201/1635 ,  A61H2201/164 ,  A61H2201/1642 ,  A61H2201/165 ,  A61H2201/1652 ,  A61H2201/5007 ,  A61H2201/5025 ,  A61H2201/5035 ,  A61H2201/5066 ,  A61H2203/0406 ,  A61H2205/106

Abstract: A robotic walker and associated method are provided. The robotic walker includes a housing containing a control unit operatively connected to a drive unit. The drive unit is operatively connected to a pair of motorized drive wheels. The robotic walker includes first and second winches, each winch having a strap that can be retracted by its respective winch, each winch is operatively connected to the drive unit, each strap having an end adapted to be removably connected to a pair of leg braces worn by a user. The first and second winches may retract a portion of each respective strap to move the legs of the user forward. A first control button is operatively connected to the control unit. The control unit is configured to operate the robotic walker in at least one control mode and the first control button being operable to start the at least one control mode.