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US 2014/0274566 A1Published application
Programmable System and Process for Monitored and Assisted Weight Lifting During Rehabilitation or Training Exercise
AssigneeXcentric Technologies, LLC
InventorsMichael Draper, Johnnie Paulus
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Abstract
A system and process that selectively provides lifting assistance during the concentric phase and possibly during the eccentric phase during lifting of weights for rehabilitation or training, the system being programmable to provide a variety of exercise programs dedicated to a particular user, and the system monitoring the progress of the user during the exercise to selectively respond to certain trigger conditions.
Claims20
A rehabilitation and training weight lifting assistance process comprising the steps of:
- providing a weight-adjustable weight apparatus having a concentric weight lifting phase and an eccentric weight lifting phase;
- providing a computer controlled weight lifting assistance system operably connected to said weight apparatus;
- selecting a weight to be lifted by a user in a selected exercise comprising weight lifting repetitions;
- determining a range of motion and a repetition speed of the user during the selected exercise;
- determining a weight lifting assistance percentage to be provided to the user during the selected exercise;
- monitoring the selected exercise upon commencement;
- providing the weight lifting assistance percentage during the concentric phase of the selected exercise such that the effective weight of said selected weight is reduced, while providing no weight lifting assistance percentage during the eccentric phase of the selected exercise.
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A rehabilitation and training weight lifting assistance process comprising the steps of:
- providing a weight-adjustable weight apparatus having a concentric weight lifting phase and an eccentric weight lifting phase;
- providing a computer controlled weight lifting assistance system operably connected to said weight apparatus;
- selecting a weight to be lifted by a user in a selected exercise comprising weight lifting repetitions;
- determining a range of motion and a repetition speed of the user during the selected exercise;
- determining at least two different weight lifting assistance percentages to be provided at different times to the user during the selected exercise;
- monitoring the selected exercise upon commencement comprising sensing a trigger condition during said concentric phase and sensing a trigger condition during said eccentric phase, wherein said concentric phase trigger condition comprises a slowing or stopping of movement during the concentric phase and wherein said eccentric phase trigger condition comprises an increase or stopping of movement during the eccentric phase;
- providing the weight lifting assistance percentage during the concentric phase of the selected exercise such that the effective weight of said selected weight is reduced, while providing no weight lifting assistance percentage during the eccentric phase of the selected exercise;
- said process further comprising the steps of increasing the weight lifting assistance percentage during said concentric phase in response to sensing said concentric phase trigger condition and applying a weight lifting assistance percentage during said eccentric phase in response to sensing said eccentric phase trigger condition.
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A computer controlled weight lifting assistance system comprising:
- a cable adapted for attachment to the weights of a weight adjustable weight apparatus having a concentric weight lifting phase and an eccentric weight lifting phase, said cable mounted onto a drum pulley rotated by a motor, said motor being operably controlled by a computer processor controlled by a control and display panel;
- said computer processor adapted to sense the movement of the weights in the concentric phase, the movement of the weights in the eccentric phase, and the transition point between concentric phase and the eccentric phase;
- whereby with said cable attached to the weights of the weight adjustable weight apparatus and activation of said motor to retract said cable, lifting assistance is provided such that the effective weight of the weights is reduced during the concentric weight lifting phase, and further whereby upon sensing said transition point and during said eccentric phase, no lifting assistance is provided.
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