Systems and Methods for Assisted Ambulation
AssigneeScott & White Healthcare
InventorPaul A. Friedman
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Abstract
Cognitive orthotics. More specifically, assistive ambulation systems and methods, including systems that can detect a person who uses an assistive ambulation device (such as a walker) and produce a signal in response to the detection, which signal is designed to encourage or motivate the person to use the device. They system may also stop the signal when the person engages the device and/or produce an additional signal or a different signal when the person engages the device.
Claims33
A system comprising:
- an initiator sensor configured to detect a person;
- a controller couplable to the initiator sensor;
- a signaling device couplable to the controller, the controller configured to cause the signaling device to produce a signal based on input received by the controller from the initiator sensor after the initiator sensor detects a person;
- an engagement sensor couplable to the controller and configured such that, if coupled to an assistive ambulation device, the engagement sensor can detect if a person has engaged the assistive ambulation device;
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- a power supply couplable to at least one of the controller, the initiator sensor, the signaling device, and the engagement sensor.
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A system comprising:
- an initiator sensor configured to detect a person;
- a controller couplable to the initiator sensor;
- a signaling device couplable to the controller, the controller configured to cause the signaling device to produce a first signal based on input received by the controller from the initiator sensor after the initiator sensor detects a person;
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- a power supply couplable to at least one of the controller, the initiator sensor, the signaling device, and the engagement sensor;
- where the controller is configured such that, when the system is coupled to or includes an assistive ambulation device, the controller can stop the signaling device from producing the first signal after a person has engaged the assistive ambulation device.
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The system of claim 118, where the initiator sensor comprises a first initiator sensor that is coupled to a lower portion of the assistive ambulation device, and the system further comprises:
- a second initiator sensor coupled to an upper portion of the assistive ambulation device.
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A system comprising:
- an initiator sensor configured to detect a person;
- a signaling device couplable to the initiator sensor and configured to produce a signal based on input received from the initiator sensor after the initiator sensor detects a person;
- an engagement sensor couplable configured such that, if coupled to an assistive ambulation device, the engagement sensor can detect if a person has engaged the assistive ambulation device;
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- a power supply couplable to at least one of the initiator sensor, the signaling device, and the engagement sensor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.