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Driving apparatus and driving method therefor

A technology of a driving device and a driving method, which can be applied in passive exercise equipment, medical science, non-surgical orthopedic surgery, etc., and can solve problems such as restrictions on the degree of freedom of joint mechanisms

Inactive Publication Date: 2016-03-23
SEIKO EPSON CORP
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[0007] In addition, in the joint mechanism described in Patent Document 2, there are various types of wiring in the joint mechanism. For example, when the joint mechanism wires a flat wiring member (flat wiring member), depending on the layout, The degree of freedom of movement of the joint mechanism may be restricted

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[0073] A. The structure of the driving device:

[0074] figure 1 It is a schematic diagram which shows the schematic structure of the drive apparatus 1 which is one embodiment of this invention. The driving device 1 is used, for example, to be worn on the hand of a person whose fingers are impaired in flexion or extension due to accidents, diseases, etc., a person whose grip strength has decreased, or a person whose strength has weakened due to advanced age, etc., to assist finger movement.

[0075] The drive device 1 of the present embodiment is particularly used to assist the movement of the thumb of the hand. Hereinafter, when the drive device 1 is worn on the hand as the part to be worn, the side of the fingertip of the thumb is referred to as the "front end side" or "front side", and the side of the base of the thumb (near the third joint) is referred to as "the front side". Rear side" or "rear side". In addition, in this specification, the "finger" of a hand refers to...

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The present invention provides a technology for well assisting a thumb of a hand to move. A driving apparatus includes a base member, and a first member rotatably provided on the base member. The first member is rotatable about a rotation shaft along an index finger metacarpal bone of a hand when the base member is placed on a back of the hand.

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technical field [0001] The invention relates to a driving device and a driving method thereof. Background technique [0002] Patent Document 1 discloses a wearable motion assisting device that is attached to a hand and flexes (bends or extends) the knuckles to assist the motion of the fingers. [0003] In addition, regarding the technique of wiring in the joint mechanism, for example, Patent Document 2 describes that in order to reduce the load when the fingers of the manipulator are driven, the wiring connected to the fingers has two or more bending points and is loosened. [0004] Patent Document 1: Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2011-115248 [0005] Patent Document 2: Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2009-125887 [0006] However, the device described in Patent Document 1 is mainly configured to virtually assist the movement of the index finger, and does not take into account the movement of the thumb. Therefore, a technique capable of favorably assisting the movement of th...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(China)
IPC IPC(8): A61H1/02
CPCA61F2/70A61F5/013A61F2005/0155A61H1/0288
Inventor 荒川丰
Owner SEIKO EPSON CORP