A61H 1/0262
Walking movement
Official title: {Walking movement; Appliances for aiding disabled persons to walk (A61H3/00 takes precedence)}
A61H1/0262 (Walking movement) appears on 378 US grants and 521 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61H- Granted patents
- 378
- Published applications
- 521
- Assignees
- 233
- Inventors
- 929
- Latest grant
- 25 Aug 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | 3 | 0 |
| 1987 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | 2 | 0 |
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| 1991 | 3 | 0 |
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| 1993 | 2 | 0 |
| 1994 | 0 | 0 |
| 1995 | 0 | 0 |
| 1996 | 0 | 0 |
| 1997 | 0 | 0 |
| 1998 | 0 | 0 |
| 1999 | 0 | 0 |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 |
| 2001 | 1 | 1 |
| 2002 | 1 | 5 |
| 2003 | 2 | 2 |
| 2004 | 4 | 5 |
| 2005 | 2 | 3 |
| 2006 | 4 | 4 |
| 2007 | 2 | 7 |
| 2008 | 4 | 10 |
| 2009 | 1 | 6 |
| 2010 | 2 | 12 |
| 2011 | 5 | 12 |
| 2012 | 6 | 8 |
| 2013 | 15 | 13 |
| 2014 | 8 | 19 |
| 2015 | 9 | 19 |
| 2016 | 9 | 22 |
| 2017 | 18 | 29 |
| 2018 | 21 | 59 |
| 2019 | 32 | 75 |
| 2020 | 45 | 48 |
| 2021 | 42 | 35 |
| 2022 | 41 | 39 |
| 2023 | 24 | 26 |
| 2024 | 31 | 31 |
| 2025 | 24 | 13 |
| 2026 | 13 | 18 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Method for moving an exoskeleton25 Aug 2026US 12,714,627 B2Wandercraft
- Soft exosuit for assistance with human motion28 Jul 2026US 12,691,024 B2President and Fellows of Harvard College
- System for guiding motions of a target joint2 Jun 2026US 12,642,732 B2HUMAN iN MOTiON RObOTiCS INC.
- Single-lower-limb rehabilitation exoskeleton apparatus and control method19 May 2026US 12,629,310 B2Angelexo Scientific Co., Ltd
- Driving system and control method for hybrid gait rehabilitation robot12 May 2026US 12,622,835 B2Foundation for Research and Business, Seoul National University of Science and Technology
- Soft exosuit for assistance with human motion1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294726 A1President and Fellows of Harvard College
- Wearable device for assisting limb movement17 Sep 2026US 2026/0272757 A1Gigstride Corporation
- Methods and apparatuses for exoskeleton attachment10 Sep 2026US 2026/0264218 A1ReWalk Robotics LTD.
- Lower limb rehabilitation training robot system and control method thereof27 Aug 2026US 2026/0248676 A1Cosmo Robotics Co., Ltd
- Walking training apparatus13 Aug 2026US 2026/0232513 A1P & S Robotics Co., Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- In-bed exercise machine and method of use188US 6,270,445 B1Simbex LLC · 2001
- Powered gait orthosis and method of utilizing same174US 6,689,075 B2HealthSouth Corporation · 2004
- Method, apparatus and system for automation of body weight support training (bwst) of biped locomotion over a treadmill using a programmable stepper device (psd) operating like an exoskeleton drive system from a fixed base159US 6,666,831 B1California Institute of Technology · 2003
- Methods and apparatus for rehabilitation and training155US 8,012,107 B2Motorika Limited · 2011
- Walking, rehabilitation and exercise machine124US 9,248,071 B1Ergoflex AB · 2016