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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 21, 2011
Filed:
May. 07, 2007
Applicants:
Kyu-yong Kim, Yongin-si, KR;
Sang-youn Kim, Seoul, KR;
Byung-seok Soh, Suwon-si, KR;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An apparatus to enhance muscular movement is provided. The apparatus includes at least one muscular movement sensor to sense a result of an attempt to move a muscle, a movement information controller to analyze the sensed muscular movement, and generate muscular movement information based on the analyzed muscular movements, and a muscular movement actuator to enhance the movement of the muscle according to the generated muscular movement information by actively controlling a deformation of the muscle movement actuator over the surface of the muscle.