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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 01, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 10, 2014
Softarmour Llc, Rye, NY (US);
David Amos Ben-Meir, Rye, NY (US);
Allan Sanford, Wurtsboro, NY (US);
Christen Egan, Fairfield, NJ (US);
Gibran Esquenazi, Cypress, TX (US);
Richard Hutchison, Troy, NY (US);
Nathaniel Mowell, Saratoga Springs, NY (US);
Russell Scott Miller, Rexford, NY (US);
SOFTARMOUR LLC, Rye, NY (US);
Abstract
A brace for a part of a body includes a first conductive fiber associated with a first polarity, and a second conductive fiber associated with a second polarity different from the first polarity. The second fiber is woven together with the first fiber and insulated from the first fiber. The brace also includes a selectively electrically activated cross-linking agent between the first and second fibers. The agent is constructed to cross-link in a first active mode when the first and second fibers are electrified and is constructed to not cross-link in a second inactive mode when the first and second fibers are not electrified. The brace surrounds a body part, such as a knee or neck. The agent can include an ER fluid and/or EAP. A brace system includes a selectively electrically activated brace for the part of the body.