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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 29, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 19, 2016
Applicant:
The Regents of the University of California, Oakland, CA (US);
Inventors:
Mark M. Plecnik, Irvine, CA (US);
Derek Bissell, Irvine, CA (US);
David Reinkensmeyer, Irvine, CA (US);
J. Michael McCarthy, Irvine, CA (US);
Assignee:
The Regents of the University of California, Oakland, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 5/01 (2006.01); A61H 1/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 5/013 (2013.01); A61F 2005/0144 (2013.01); A61F 2005/0169 (2013.01); A61F 2005/0179 (2013.01); A61H 1/0285 (2013.01);
Abstract
In one embodiment, a torque-compensating assistive wrist brace includes a hand member adapted to be provided on a user's hand, a forearm member adapted to be provided on the user's forearm, and an assistive linkage that connects the hand and forearm members together and that applies a balancing torque to a wrist of the user that counteracts intrinsic stiffness within the wrist and assists the user in rotating the wrist in both the flexion and extension directions.