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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 2009
Filed:
Jul. 20, 2007
Stephane Bedard, Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, CA;
Pierre Fecteau, Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, CA;
Pierre-olivier Roy, Quebec, CA;
Stephane Bedard, Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, CA;
Pierre Fecteau, Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, CA;
Pierre-Olivier Roy, Quebec, CA;
Victhom Human Bionics, Inc., St-Augustin-de-Desmaures (Québec), CA;
Abstract
The present invention discloses locomotion simulator comprising a base having a surface movable along a base axis, a post mounted to the base a pelvic structure and a hip-thigh mechanism wherein coordinated displacement of the pelvic structure and pivoting of the thigh segment assembly simulates patterns of locomotion. The pelvic structure includes a first support movably mounted to the post, the first support allowing a displacement of the pelvic structure along a first pelvic axis generally perpendicular to the base axis and a second support movably mounted to the first support, the second support allowing a displacement of the pelvic structure along a second pelvic axis generally parallel to the base axis. As for the hip-thigh mechanism, it is mounted to the second support and includes a hip joint having a pivot axis generally perpendicular to the displacement of the second support and a thigh segment assembly pivotally so connected to the hip joint as to pivot in a plan defined by the first and second pelvic axes.