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Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 2026

Filed:

Oct. 06, 2022
Applicant:

Arizona Board of Regents on Behalf of Arizona State University, Scottsdale, AZ (US);

Inventors:

Carly Thalman, Mesa, AZ (US);

Lily Baye-Wallace, Phoenix, AZ (US);

Hyunglae Lee, Phoenix, AZ (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61H 1/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61H 1/0244 (2013.01); A61H 2201/1238 (2013.01); A61H 2201/1652 (2013.01); A61H 2201/5061 (2013.01);
Abstract

Disclosed herein are systems and methods for assisting hip flexion and extension during human locomotion. A hip exosuit comprises a hip belt comprising one or more removably attached hip anchoring mechanisms, a leg brace, one or more flexion actuators, wherein each of the one or more flexion actuators is attached at a first end to a hip anchoring mechanism and each of the one or more flexion actuators is attached at a second end to the leg brace, and one or more extension actuators, wherein each of the one or more extension actuators is attached at a first end to a hip anchoring mechanism and is attached at a second end to the leg brace. Each of the actuators are configured to contract in response to one or more signal to aid in the gait of the user.


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