Assistive flexible suits, flexible suit systems, and methods for making and control thereof to assist human mobility

A construction method and suit technology are applied in the field of assisting human movement, which can solve the problems of limited battery life and range, discomfort for patients with partial mobility, and no assistance, and achieve the effect of a complete range of joint motion.

Inactive Publication Date: 2016-10-05
PRESIDENT & FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE
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These systems are often not able to meet the needs of patients with only mild to moderate walking limitations (such as patients in the late stage of stroke recovery, etc.)
As such, existing approaches are not suitable for the large and rapidly growing population of patients with partial mobility because they do not provide sufficient benefit for unassist

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[0098] The invention disclosed herein seeks to provide an assistive flexible suit adapted to increase human performance and / or reduce metabolic expenditure of activities such as walking on the ground. Some configurations help to improve the quality of life of persons (including able-bodied persons and persons with mobility problems) who desire to improve their mobility (whether loaded or unladen). For example, stroke survivors or patients with impaired lower extremities (e.g., patients recovering from lower extremity injuries, elderly persons with age-related limitations in the lower extremities, etc.) Flexible suits can experience improved mobility and therefore improved quality of life.

[0099] Stroke is a leading cause of long-term disability worldwide; rehabilitation is fundamental to recovery from stroke. However, despite various rehabilitation efforts, marked physical inactivity is a hallmark of individuals after a stroke and continues to worsen during the first year o...

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In at least some aspects, the present concepts include a method for configuring an assistive flexible suit including the acts of outfitting a person with an assistive flexible suit, monitoring an output of at least one sensor of the assistive flexible suit as the person moves in a first controlled movement environment, identifying at least one predefined gait event using the output of the at least one sensor, adjusting an actuation profile of the at least one actuator and continuing to perform the acts of monitoring, identifying and adjusting until an actuation profile of the at least one actuator generates a beneficial moment about the at least one joint to promote an improvement in gait. The at least one controller is then set to implement the actuation profile.

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[0001] Cross-references and priority claims to related applications [0002] This application claims US Provisional Patent No. 61 / 913,863, entitled "Soft, Wearable Assistive flexible suits, Assistive Devices and Related Systems," filed December 9, 2013 Application; U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 61 / 928,281, entitled "Soft, Wearable Assistive flexiblesuits, Assistive Devices and Related Systems," filed January 16, 2014; U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 62 / 048076, entitled "Assistive flexiblesuit For Assisting People With Limited Mobility," filed September 9, 2014; filed September 19, 2014 U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 62 / 052562 entitled "Assistive flexible suit for Gait Assistance and Control Thereof"; filed on February 5, 2014 and entitled "For US Provisional Patent Application No. 61 / 936162 for Multi-robot Cyberphysical System for Assisting Walking in Developmentally-Delayed Toddlers (Multi-robot Cyberphysical System for Assisting Walking in Developme...

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IPC IPC(8): A61B5/103
CPCA61F5/01A61F2005/0155A61H1/0262A61H3/00A61H2201/165Y02A90/10A61B5/112A61B5/389A61B5/4851A61B5/6811A61F2/72A61F5/0102A61F5/0127A61F13/08A61F2005/0158A61F2005/0179A61F2005/0188A61H1/024A61H1/0244A61H1/0266A61H2201/1207A61H2201/14A61H2201/1623A61H2201/1628A61H2201/164A61H2201/169A61H2201/501A61H2201/5028A61H2201/5061A61H2201/5064A61H2201/5079A61H2201/5084A61H2230/60
Inventor 斯特凡诺·马尔科·马里亚·德罗西凯瑟琳·伊丽莎白·奥唐纳耶云·巴艾伦·托马斯·阿斯贝克肯尼斯·G·霍尔特康纳·詹姆斯·沃尔什
Owner PRESIDENT & FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE
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