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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 31, 2016
Filed:
May. 24, 2012
Tim Swift, Albany, CA (US);
Adam Brian Zoss, Berkeley, CA (US);
Katherine Strausser, Berkeley, CA (US);
Matthew Rosa, San Francisco, CA (US);
Dylan Miller Fairbanks, Guangzhou, CN;
Minerva Vasudevan Pillai, Pleasant Hill, CA (US);
Miclas Schwartz, Goettingen, DE;
Bram Gilbert Antoon Lambrecht, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Sebastian Kruse, Berkeley, CA (US);
Tim Swift, Albany, CA (US);
Adam Brian Zoss, Berkeley, CA (US);
Katherine Strausser, Berkeley, CA (US);
Matthew Rosa, San Francisco, CA (US);
Homayoon Kazerooni, Berkeley, CA (US);
Dylan Miller Fairbanks, Guangzhou, CN;
Minerva Vasudevan Pillai, Pleasant Hill, CA (US);
Miclas Schwartz, Goettingen, DE;
Bram Gilbert Antoon Lambrecht, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Sebastian Kruse, Berkeley, CA (US);
Ekso Bionics, Inc., Richmond, CA (US);
The Regents of the University of California, Oakland, CA (US);
Abstract
A powered lower extremity orthotic, including a shank link coupled to an artificial foot, a knee mechanism connected to the shank link and a thigh link, is controlled by based on signals from various orthotic mounted sensors such that the artificial foot follows a predetermined trajectory defined by at least one Cartesian coordinate.