University of Yamanashi

Kitagawa Industries Co., Inc.

Suncall Corporation

Kofu City

Hidetsugu Terada

Koji Makino

Yasuo Kondo

Masaru Hoshino

Rei Takahashi

Kazuki Yamada

Yukinobu Makihara

Lu Zhao

Teppei Ogura

Takaiki Kanagawa

Masahiro Nakamura

A gripping force measurement device includes a body portion and a plurality of pressure sensors. The plurality of pressure sensors includes at least one first sensor and two or more second sensors including pressure-sensitive surfaces oriented in the same direction. A pressure-sensitive surface of the first sensor and the pressure-sensitive surfaces of the two or more second sensors are disposed such that, when a subject pressurizes the pressure-sensitive surface of the first sensor and the pressure-sensitive surfaces of the two or more second sensors, the gripping force measurement device is grippable by the subject.

Gripping force measurement device

To provide a joint support unit, etc. capable of being worn on both left and right joints. A joint support unitincludes a first linkworn on one end side of a knee joint, a second linkworn on the other end side of the knee joint, and a driving unitconfigured to cause the first linkand the second linkto perform rotational movement, or to relatively perform rotational movement while moving a rotation center and to perform sliding movement.

Joint support unit and walking support apparatus

Growing community of inventors

Kofu, Japan

Hidetsugu Terada