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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Apr. 18, 2017

Filed:

Mar. 13, 2014
Applicant:

Springactive, Inc., Tempe, AZ (US);

Inventors:

Matthew A. Holgate, Chandler, AZ (US);

Nathan Cahill, Tempe, AZ (US);

Assignee:

SpringActive, Inc., Tempe, AZ (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/70 (2006.01); A61F 2/66 (2006.01); A61F 2/68 (2006.01); A61F 2/60 (2006.01); A61F 5/02 (2006.01); A61F 2/72 (2006.01); A61F 2/76 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/66 (2013.01); A61F 2/60 (2013.01); A61F 2/68 (2013.01); A61F 5/02 (2013.01); A61F 2/72 (2013.01); A61F 2002/704 (2013.01); A61F 2002/762 (2013.01); A61F 2002/764 (2013.01); A61F 2002/7625 (2013.01); A61F 2002/7635 (2013.01); A61F 2002/7645 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method of controlling a gait device includes a first sensor disposed on a first mobile body. A physical state of the first mobile body is measured using the first sensor to obtain a first physical state measurement. A second sensor is disposed on a second mobile body. A physical state of the second mobile body is measured using the second sensor to obtain a second physical state measurement. The first and second physical state measurements are conditioned by pseudo integration. A reference function is based on a gait activity. A reference function is determined by measuring a physical state of an able-bodied human and correlating an output position of the actuator to the physical state of the able-bodied human. A command is generated by inputting the first and second physical state measurements into the reference function to control an actuator of the gait device to match the output position.


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