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US 2013/0253385 A1Published application
Motorized exoskeleton unit
OwnerAmit Goffer, Oren Tamariinventors
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Abstract
A motorized exoskeleton device comprising: at least two segments, where one segment is superior to the other, the exoskeleton device configured to be coupled to a lower extremity of a user. The exoskeleton device further comprising at least two motorized joints for connecting the at least two segments and for providing relative angular movement between the at least two segments; and the motors coupled to the same superior segment of the exoskeleton device.
Claims15
A motorized exoskeleton device for facilitating locomotion for a user, the device comprising:
- a torso base for affixing to the torso of the user;
- a pair of limb members configured to be coupled to a lower extremity of the user, each limb member comprising:
- a first support segment and a second support segment, where the first support segment is superior to the second support segment;
- two motorized joints, one of the motorized joints connecting the first support segment to the second support segment and an other motorized joint connecting the first support segment to the torso base;
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- two motors configured to move the motorized joints,
- wherein the motors are coupled to the superior support segment.
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