Joint movement therapy and assistive device system and method
AssigneesThe Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois, Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago
InventorJames Patton
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Abstract
A joint movement therapy and assistive device system. The system includes a torque profile device having a plurality of connecting components, a longitudinal axis, and a center. Each connecting component of the plurality of connecting components is disposed at a selected distance relative to the center and a selected angle relative to the longitudinal axis. The system also includes at least one segment end and a plurality of tensioning components removable secured to the plurality of connecting components of the torque profile device and the at least one segment end. The plurality of tensioning components forms an additive torque profile when coupled between the torque profile device and the at least one segment end.
Claims25
A joint movement therapy and assistive device system comprising:
- a torque profile device having a plurality of connecting components, a longitudinal axis, and a center, each connecting component of the plurality of connecting components disposed at a selected distance relative to the center and a selected angle relative to the longitudinal axis, the plurality of connecting components disposed around the center of the torque profile device, forming a pattern of rings of the connecting components;
- at least one segment end;
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- a plurality of tensioning components removably and selectively secured to the plurality of connecting components of the torque profile device and the at least one segment end, wherein at least one tensioning component of the plurality of tensioning components includes a proximal end having a pin disposed in a connecting component of the plurality of components;
- the plurality of tensioning components forming an additive torque profile when selectively secured between the torque profile device and the at least one segment end.
A torque rendering system for movement therapy comprising:
- a torque profile device having a plurality of connecting components, the plurality of connecting components disposed around a center of the torque profile device, forming a pattern of rings of the connecting components;
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- a plurality of tensioning components configured to form a torque profile over one or more muscle segments, the plurality of tensioning components selectively securable across the one or more muscle segments.
A method of generating an additive torque profile in a joint movement therapy and assistive device system, the method comprising steps of:
- selectively securing a pin of a proximal end of a first tensioning component of a plurality of tensioning components to a first connecting component of a torque profile device and a distal end of the tensioning component to a connecting device of at least one segment end, the torque profile device having a plurality of connecting components, the plurality of connecting components disposed around a center of the torque profile device, forming a pattern of rings of the connecting components;
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- selectively securing a pin of a proximal end of a second tensioning component of a plurality of tensioning components to a second connecting component of the torque profile device and a distal end of the tensioning component to the connecting device of the at least one segment end, the first and second tensioning components in a parallel and stacked arrangement relative to each other.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.