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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 15, 2017
Filed:
Aug. 26, 2013
Scuola Superiore S.anna, Pisa, IT;
Marco Cempini, Terricciola, IT;
Nicola Vitiello, Pontedera, IT;
Francesco Giovacchini, Pisa, IT;
Stefano Marco Maria De Rossi, Mirano, IT;
Tommaso Lenzi, Chicago, IL (US);
Azzurra Chiri, Pontedera, IT;
Maria Chiara Carrozza, Pisa, IT;
SCUOLA SUPERIORE S. ANNA, Pisa, IT;
Abstract
An exoskeleton device for assisting the movement of a metacarpal-phalangeal joint of a hand in a flexion/extension plane Γ of the joint, including a metacarpal support arranged integrally with a metacarpal portion of the hand, a phalangeal support having a fastening link for fastening to a proximal phalanx, a kinematical chain between the metacarpal support and the phalangeal support arranged to provide and carry out a rotation of the phalangeal support with respect to the metacarpal support.