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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 26, 2021
Filed:
Feb. 09, 2017
Universita' Degli Studi Di Siena, Siena, IT;
David Cioncoloni, Monteriggioni, IT;
Irfan Hussain, Pindi Bhattian, PK;
Domenico Prattichizzo, Siena, IT;
Simone Rossi, Siena, IT;
Gionata Salvietti, Citta' Marciano Della Chiana, IT;
Giovanni Spagnoletti, Molinara, IT;
UNIVERSITA' DEGLI STUDI DI SIENA, Siena, IT;
Abstract
A device for enhancing a user's grasping capability comprises a belt-like support configured to be tightly fitted about a user's part of the body; an articulated gripping element having a plurality of phalanxes: proximal, fixed to the support, intermediate and distal, which are articulated to each other by articular joints; a motor unit fixed to the support; a winding drum; a tendon partially wound on the drum and extending along the phalanxes and the joints, arranged so that, by pulling it from the drum, the phalanxes rotate about respective articular joints and move the articulated gripping element from an extended position to a gripping bow-shaped position, causing a flexion/extension movement of the articulated gripping element, the joints configured so that by releasing the tendon from the drum, the phalanxes rotate about the respective joints and move the articulated gripping element between gripping bow-shaped position and extended position.