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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 03, 2021
Filed:
Jul. 01, 2016
Applicant:
Ecole Polytechnique Federale DE Lausanne (Epfl), Lausanne, CH;
Inventors:
Assignee:
ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE FEDERALE DE LAUSANNE (EPFL), Lausanne, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61H 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61H 3/008 (2013.01); A61H 2201/1481 (2013.01); A61H 2201/165 (2013.01); A61H 2201/1652 (2013.01); A61H 2201/1659 (2013.01); A61H 2201/5058 (2013.01); A61H 2201/5061 (2013.01); A61H 2201/5064 (2013.01); A61H 2201/5092 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention relates to a robotic system useful to unload an object/person from its weight. The robotic system is useful in locomotor rehabilitation programs and allows the manipulation of forces in a three-dimensional space with far lower actuator requirements and a much higher precision than prior-art systems. The apparatus combines passive and active elements to minimize actuation requirements while still keeping inertia to a minimum and control precision to a maximum. It requires minimal actuators and at the same time has a low inertia.