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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.

Date of Patent:
Nov. 15, 2022

Filed:

Jul. 19, 2018
Applicants:

Scuola Superiore Sant'anna, Pisa, IT;

The Regents of the University of Colorado, Denver, CO (US);

Inventors:

Ettore Etenzi, Terricciola, IT;

Alena Marie Grabowski, Boulder, CO (US);

Vito Monaco, Pisa, IT;

Silvestro Micera, Florence, IT;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/68 (2006.01); A61H 1/02 (2006.01); A61F 2/66 (2006.01); A61F 2/50 (2006.01); A61F 2/60 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/68 (2013.01); A61F 2/66 (2013.01); A61H 1/0266 (2013.01); A61F 2002/503 (2013.01); A61F 2002/5038 (2013.01); A61F 2002/607 (2013.01); A61F 2002/608 (2013.01); A61F 2002/6642 (2013.01); A61F 2002/6836 (2013.01); A61F 2002/6854 (2013.01); A61H 2201/164 (2013.01); A61H 2201/165 (2013.01); A61H 2201/5053 (2013.01);
Abstract

Provided is a wearable assisted-walking device including one lower attachment body to the foot defining a lower anchoring point at the heel of the foot of a leg of the user; an upper attachment body to an upper part of the leg proximal from the knee defining an upper ventral anchoring point and an upper dorsal anchoring point arranged on the opposite side of the coronal plane of the user; and an intermediate attachment body defining a first intermediate anchoring point, a second intermediate anchoring point and a third intermediate anchoring point, each anchoring point movable respect and connected by cables to the leg; the intermediate attachment body being adapted to store the energy by a relative motion between the anchoring points and then use it for assist walking.


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