A61H 3/008
Appliances for aiding patients or disabled persons to walk about: using suspension
Official title: {using suspension devices for supporting the body in an upright walking or standing position, e.g. harnesses}
A61H3/008 (Appliances for aiding patients or disabled persons to walk about: using suspension) appears on 616 US grants and 670 published applications in this corpus.
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Feedback control system for walking212US 4,569,352 AWright State University · 1986
- Omni-directional treadmill177US 6,152,854 A2000
- Powered gait orthosis and method of utilizing same174US 6,689,075 B2HealthSouth Corporation · 2004
- Active muscle assistance device and method172US 6,966,882 B2Tibion Corporation · 2005
- Apparatus and methods for enhanced exercises and back pain relief170US 6,450,923 B12002