Device for controlling the training and the therapeutic treatment and/or for supporting the lower extremities of a human

A device for training and therapeutic treatment and/or supporting the lower extremities of a human comprising:

• a first driven, controllable movement device and a second driven, controllable movement device connected to a stationary frame, the first driven, controllable movement device comprising:
• a first linear track;
• a first movement sled;
• a first pivot arm;
• a first holding member;
• a first linear drive;
• and
• a first rotational drive;
• the second driven, controllable movement device comprising:
• a second linear track;
• a second movement sled;
• a second pivot arm;
• a second holding member;
• a second linear drive;
• and
• a second rotational drive;
• the first holding member for fastening to a first extremity and the second holding member for fastening to a second extremity, the first holding member and the second holding member being movable independently of one another along a predetermined movement pattern;
• the first and second pivot arms are movable to different elevations, the first pivot arm being rotatably connected on a first side thereof to the first movement sled and being movable along the first linear track and the second pivot arm being rotatably connected on a first side thereof to the second movement sled and being moveable along the second linear track and the first pivot arm being rotatably connected on a second side thereof to the first holding member and the second pivot arm being rotatably connected on a second side thereof to the second holding member;
• the first linear drive changing the lengthwise position of the first holding member and the second linear drive changing the lengthwise position of the second holding member, the first rotational drive for changing the elevation of the first holding member and the second rotational drive for changing the elevation of the second holding member, the first movement sled together with the first rotational drive being movable relative to the stationary frame by the first linear drive and the second movement sled together with the second rotational drive being movable relative to the stationary frame by the second linear drive;
• the first rotational drive acting as a carrier for the first pivot arm, the first rotational drive transferring the driving force of the first linear drive to the first pivot arm and the second rotational drive acting as a carrier for the second pivot arm, the second rotational drive transferring the driving force of the second linear drive to the second pivot arm;
• and
• the first rotational drive acts as a drive for changing the elevational orientation of the first pivot arm and the second rotational drive acts as a drive for changing the elevational orientation of the second pivot arm.