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US 2006/0069336 A1Published application
Ankle interface
AssigneeMassachusetts Institute of Technology
InventorsHermano Krebs, Neville Hogan, Jason Wheeler, Dustin Williams
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Abstract
An ankle interface may include a leg connection attachable to a user's leg, a foot connection attached to the user's corresponding foot, and a transmission system coupling the leg connection and the foot connection with at least two degrees of freedom and actuating at least two degrees of freedom.
Claims25
An ankle interface, comprising:
- a leg connection attachable to a user's leg;
- a foot connection attachable to the user's corresponding foot;
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- a transmission system coupling the leg connection and the foot connection with at least two degrees of freedom and actuating at least two degrees of freedom.
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An ankle interface, comprising:
- a leg connection including a knee brace having an upper portion coupled to a lower portion by at least one hinge joint;
- a foot connection including a flanking piece having a back portion sized and shaped to fit around the back of a subject's foot and two side portions sized and shaped to fit along respective sides of the subject's foot, and a supporting piece spanning the two side portions;
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- a transmission system coupling the leg connection and the foot connection with at least two actuated degrees of freedom, the transmission system including two link mechanisms, each link mechanism coupled at its proximal end to the knee brace lower portion and at its distal end to one of the foot connection side portions, and each link mechanism coupled to a motor.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.