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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 15, 2018
Filed:
Nov. 12, 2014
Applicant:
New York Institute of Technology, Old Westbury, NY (US);
Inventors:
Ely Rabin, New York, NY (US);
Ziqian Dong, North Bergen, NJ (US);
Assignee:
New York Institute of Technology, Old Westbury, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62B 5/04 (2006.01); A61H 3/04 (2006.01); B60L 3/00 (2006.01); B60L 15/20 (2006.01); B60L 15/30 (2006.01); B62D 51/04 (2006.01); G01S 15/93 (2006.01); G01S 17/93 (2006.01); A61H 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61H 3/04 (2013.01); B60L 3/0015 (2013.01); B60L 15/2009 (2013.01); B60L 15/2036 (2013.01); B60L 15/30 (2013.01); B62D 51/04 (2013.01); A61H 2003/002 (2013.01); A61H 2003/007 (2013.01); A61H 2003/043 (2013.01); A61H 2003/046 (2013.01); A61H 2201/0176 (2013.01); A61H 2201/50 (2013.01); A61H 2201/501 (2013.01); A61H 2201/5028 (2013.01); A61H 2201/5064 (2013.01); A61H 2201/5097 (2013.01); B60L 2200/24 (2013.01); B60L 2240/12 (2013.01); B60L 2240/423 (2013.01); G01S 15/93 (2013.01); G01S 17/93 (2013.01); Y02T 10/7258 (2013.01);
Abstract
A motorized walker is provided that can enable users to walk without being slowed by the walker and without needing to exert themselves to push the walker forward. The motorized walker provides additional haptic speed cues to inform the user's posture and locomotion control to prevent falling.