Walking assistance device
AssigneeYamada Corporation
InventorsYoshihiro Yamada, Etsuyo Yamada
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Abstract
A walking assistance device includes a belt-shaped lumbar region fixture, a first elastic string-like member, and a second elastic string-like member, wherein each of the first elastic string-like member and the second elastic string-like member is configured to be bifurcated near a knee of a leg, and the bifurcated parts of the first elastic string-like member and the second elastic string-like member are configured to be directly bound to each other at positions of an outer knee joint fissure gap and an inner knee joint fissure gap.
Claims14
A walking assistance device for assisting walking, the walking assistance device comprising:
- a belt-shaped lumbar region fixture configured to be wound around a lumbar region;
- a first elastic string-like member, an upper part of which is configured to be fixed to the lumbar region fixture at a position of an anterior superior iliac spine and a lower part of which extends in an instep direction and is configured to be hooked to a toe region of a sole;
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- a second elastic string-like member, an upper part of which is configured to be fixed to the lumbar region fixture above a position of an ischial tuberosity and a lower part of which extends in an ankle direction and is configured to be hooked to a heel region of the sole, wherein
- each of the first elastic string-like member and the second elastic string-like member is configured to be bifurcated near a knee of a leg, and
- the bifurcated parts of the first elastic string-like member and the second elastic string-like member are configured to be directly bound to each other at positions of an outer knee joint fissure gap and an inner knee joint fissure gap.
A walking assistance device for assisting walking, the walking assistance device comprising:
- a belt-shaped lumbar region fixture configured to be wound around a lumbar region;
- a first elastic string-like member, an upper part of which is configured to be fixed to the lumbar region fixture at left and right positions with an anterior superior iliac spine in between and a lower part of which extends in an instep direction and is configured to be hooked to a toe region of a sole;
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- a second elastic string-like member, an upper part of which is configured to be fixed to the lumbar region fixture above left and right positions with an ischial tuberosity in between and a lower part of which extends in an ankle direction and is configured to be hooked to a heel region of the sole, for a right foot and/or a left foot, wherein
- each of the first elastic string-like member and the second elastic string-like member descends from a lumbar region fixture in two lines on one leg, and
- the bifurcated parts of the first elastic string-like member and the second elastic string-like member are configured to be directly bound to each other at positions of an outer knee joint fissure gap and an inner knee joint fissure gap.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.