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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 01, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 17, 2015
President and Fellows of Harvard College, Cambridge, MA (US);
Alan Thomas Asbeck, Waltham, MA (US);
Ignacio Galiana Bujanda, Cambridge, MA (US);
Ye Ding, Cambridge, MA (US);
Robert Joseph Dyer, Concord, MA (US);
Arnar Freyr Larusson, Hanover, NH (US);
Brendan Thomas Quinlivan, Rutland, MA (US);
Kai Schmidt, Berlin, DE;
Diana Wagner, Charlotte, NC (US);
Conor J. Walsh, Cambridge, MA (US);
Michael Wehner, Berkeley, CA (US);
Prisident and Fellows of Harvard College, Cambridge, MA (US);
Abstract
In at least one aspect, there is provided a system for generating force about one or more joints including a soft exosuit having a plurality of anchor elements and at least one connection element disposed between the plurality of anchor elements. The system also includes at least one sensor to determine a force the at least one connection element or at least one of the plurality of anchor elements and to output signals relating to the force, at least one actuator configured to change a tension in the soft exosuit and at least one controller configured to receive the signals output from the at least one sensor and actuate the at least one actuator responsive to the received signals.