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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 25, 2025
Filed:
Oct. 26, 2022
The United States Government As Represented BY the Department of Veterans Affairs, Washington, DC (US);
Aidan Friederich, Cleveland Heights, OH (US);
Ronald J. Triolo, Cleveland Heights, OH (US);
Musa Audu, Shaker Heights, OH (US);
THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT AS REPRESENTED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS, Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
A trunk exoskeleton is provided including a flexible corset configured to wrap around a user's torso in the lumbar spine region. The flexible corset includes a plurality of vertical pockets formed around its perimeter. A plurality of flexor columns are included, each of which positioned in one of the plurality of vertical pockets. The flexor columns generate a flexor righting torque when bent from a vertical orientation. The multiple flexor righting torques from each of the plurality of flexor columns combine to generate a combined flexor righting torque. The combined flexor righting torque comprises a portion of a user trunk torque when the user's torso is angled from vertical.