The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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:
May. 10, 2022
Filed:
Dec. 03, 2014
Trustees of Boston University, Boston, MA (US);
President and Fellows of Harvard College, Cambridge, MA (US);
Stefano Marco Maria De Rossi, Cambridge, GB;
Kathleen Elizabeth O'Donnell, Cambridge, MA (US);
Jaehyun Bae, Cambridge, MA (US);
Alan Thomas Asbeck, Waltham, MA (US);
Kenneth G. Holt, Shutesbury, MA (US);
Conor J. Walsh, Cambridge, MA (US);
Trustees of Boston University, Boston, MA (US);
President and Fellows of Harvard College, Cambridge, MA (US);
Abstract
In at least some aspects, the present concepts include a method for configuring an assistive flexible suit including the acts of outfitting a person with an assistive flexible suit, monitoring an output of at least one sensor of the assistive flexible suit as the person moves in a first controlled movement environment, identifying at least one predefined gait event using the output of the at least one sensor, adjusting an actuation profile of the at least one actuator and continuing to perform the acts of monitoring, identifying and adjusting until an actuation profile of the at least one actuator generates a beneficial moment about the at least one joint to promote an improvement in gait. The at least one controller is then set to implement the actuation profile.