US 2010/0145239 A1Published application

Walking assistance device

AssigneeHonda Motor Co., Ltd.

InventorsHiroshi Kudoh, Yosuki Endo, Yasushi Ikeuchi

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Abstract

A walking assistance device has a load transmitting assembly, a foot-worn assembly, and a leg link provided between the load transmitting assembly and the foot-worn assembly. The foot-worn assembly has a ground contact member, on which a user's foot, and a connecting member which connects the ground contact member to a joint at a lower end of the leg link. The ground contact member is provided with tread force sensors and the foot-worn assembly permits detection of a tread force. The connecting member is formed so as to rise in a cantilever manner from one lateral side of the ground contact member. The tread force sensors are installed in at least one location adjacent to the heel of the user's foot and in at least two locations adjacent to toes of the user's foot, with the latter two locations being laterally spaced apart.

Claims3

Dependent claims

A walking assistance device, comprising:

a load transmitting assembly, a foot-worn assembly to be attached to a foot of a user, and a leg link provided between the load transmitting assembly and the foot-worn assembly, so as to support at least a part of the weight of the user by the leg link through the intermediary of the load transmitting assembly, the foot-worn assembly including a ground contact member, on which a foot of the user is rested, and a connecting member which connects the ground contact member to a joint provided at a lower end of the leg link, and the ground contact member being provided with tread force sensors for detecting a tread force of the user,
wherein the connecting member is formed so as to rise in a cantilever manner from one lateral side of the ground contact member, and
the tread force sensors are installed in at least one location adjacent to the heel of a foot of the user and in at least two locations adjacent to a toe, the two locations being laterally spaced apart from each other.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 12/667,479Filed 16 May 2008
Priority: JP 2007-1739532 Jul 2007
Published: 10 Jun 2010
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Classification14 codes

A61H 3/008
Appliances for aiding patients or disabled persons to walk about: using suspension devices for supporting the body in an upright walking or…
A61H 3/00
Appliances for aiding patients or disabled persons to walk about
A61B 5/1038
Measuring load distribution, e.g. podologic studies: measuring plantar pressure during gait
A61B 5/1116
Measuring movement of the entire body or parts thereof, e.g. head or hand tremor or mobility of a limb: determining posture transitions