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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 2024
Filed:
Jun. 15, 2020
V. Guldmann A/s, Aarhus N, DK;
Laurynas Ubys, Skodstrup, DK;
Jens K. Andersen, Arhus C, DK;
Stine H. Stensgaard, Arhus V, DK;
Morten Rathke, Sporup, DK;
V. GULDMANN A/S, Aarhus N, DK;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a method for training of neuromuscular functions using a gait trainer comprising an electrical motor, a weight sensor and a cable and a gait trainer therefore. The method may comprise an act of determining a counterbalance weight to be applied to the cable by the electrical motor and an act of measuring with the weight sensor an actual applied weight to the cable by the patient, wherein a drive direction of the electrical motor is determined based on comparing the counterbalance weight with the measuring of the actual applied weight to the cable by the patient. The gait trainer may comprise a hoist system with a rotatable cable drum and a cable to wind or rewind the cable around a rotatable cable drum in accordance with the drive direction set, based on the compared counterbalance weight with the measuring of the actual applied weight to the cable by the patient. The gait trainer may further comprise an electrical motor adapted for axial engagement with the rotatable cable drum and adapted to drive the rotatable cable drum in a drive direction. The gait trainer may further comprise a weight sensor, a control unit, a processor and a motor controller. The hoist system may be freely suspended by the weight sensor.