Glove power assist device

Abstract

The present invention provides a glove-type power assist device that is easy to use in daily lives, easy to wear, and does not give an uncomfortable feeling when used. The glove-type power assist device includes: a glove (10) provided with finger inserting portions (11) for inserting fingers of a hand; expanding and contracting tubes (20) fixed to back side of the finger inserting portions (11) of the glove, a stretch along longitudinal direction is restricted on a side fixed to the finger inserting portions (11), and a fluid supplying member supplying a fluid to the expanding and contracting tubes (20). The expanding and contracting tubes (20) are bent to a palm-side by stretching the back side of the expanding and contracting tubes (20) more than the palm-side to assist a folding motion of fingers inserted into the finger inserting portions (20). Substantially whole of the glove (10) is configured by an elastic base material (13). Side lines (L1) are provided as boundaries between the back side and the palm-side of the finger inserting portions (11). The side lines have an unstretchable configuration in which a stretch to the longitudinal direction of the finger inserting portions (11) is prevented so that the expanding and contracting tubes (20) can bend at folding points of wearer's finger joints as centers.

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technical field [0001] The present invention relates to a glove-type power assist device that assists the finger movements of a wearer by being worn on the hand. Background technique [0002] With the development of fewer children and aging, the shortage of nursing staff has become a more serious problem, and more and more so-called old-old nursing phenomena of the elderly caring for the elderly are seen. Therefore, there is an increasing demand for power assist devices aimed at reducing the physical burden on caregivers and helping care receivers to stand on their own. Various assisting devices have been proposed corresponding to the parts to be assisted, and glove-type assisting devices for assisting bending motion of fingers are also known. [0003] For example, Patent Document 1 describes a power-assisted glove (glove-type power-assisted device) that has a hose-shaped actuator that bends when the internal pressure increases when a fluid is supplied, and in order to make...

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Problems solved by technology

However, in the glove-type power booster of Patent Document 1, although the bending center of the actuator coincides with the bending center of the finger joints, when the actuator is deformed, it has to pass through the bending center of the actuator and gradually The bending center of the joint is close to such a process, so it is impossible to completely remove the dissonance felt near the joints of the wearer's fingers at this time

In addition, the glove-type booster in Patent Document 1 is not necessarily a device that is easy to miniaturize and carry

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