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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 27, 2022
Filed:
May. 19, 2017
Suncall Corporation, Kyoto, JP;
National University Corporation Kyoto Institute of Technology, Kyoto, JP;
Kyoto University, Kyoto, JP;
Rei Takahashi, Kyoto, JP;
Yuichi Sawada, Kyoto, JP;
Yoshiyuki Higashi, Kyoto, JP;
Tadao Tsuboyama, Kyoto, JP;
Noriaki Ichihashi, Kyoto, JP;
Koji Ohata, Kyoto, JP;
Toshikazu Kawaguchi, Daito, JP;
Suncall Corporation, Kyoto, JP;
National University Corporation Kyoto Institute of Technology, Kyoto, JP;
Kyoto University, Kyoto, JP;
Abstract
The present invention provides an actuator-equipped knee ankle foot orthosis in which a control device calculates a thigh phase angle based on an angle-related signal detected by a thigh orientation detecting means at one sampling point, applies the thigh phase angle at that sampling point to an assisting force control data, which is stored in the control device in advance and indicates the relationship between the thigh phase angle and a size of the assisting force to be imparted to a lower leg-side brace, to obtain the size of the assisting force to be imparted to the lower leg-side brace at that sampling point, and executes operational control for an actuator unit such that the assisting force having the size is output.