Device and method for assisting with mobilizing a joint

Device (100) for assisting with mobilising a joint (3) connecting an upper segment (4) and a lower segment (5) of a person (1), including:

• a first flexible guiding element (102) configured to be positioned on or in the vicinity of one of the segments (4), the first guiding element having a first pair of cable passages attached to said first guiding element, one cable passage (P112), respectively the other cable passage (P122), of the first pair of cable passages being disposed on the side of the posterior face (52), respectively on the side of the anterior face (54), of said segment when the person wears the first guiding element,
• a second flexible guiding element (104) configured to be positioned on or in the vicinity of the other of the segments (5), the second guiding element having a first pair of cable passages attached to said second guiding element, one cable passage (P114), respectively the other cable passage (P124), of the first pair of cable passages being disposed on the side of the posterior face (52), respectively on the side of the anterior face (54), of said segment when the person wears the second guiding element, the second guiding element further including a pair of anchoring points, one anchoring point (A11), respectively the other anchoring point (A12), of the pair of anchoring points being disposed on the side of the anterior face (54), respectively on the side of the posterior face (52), of said segment, when the person wears the second guiding element,
• a flexible support part arranged to be worn by the person and whereon a pair of actuators (M11, M12) and a pair of winders are disposed, each of the actuators of the pair of actuators being associated with a winder of the pair of winders and being arranged to turn the associated winder in the winding direction and the unwinding direction,
• a pair of cables (C11, C12) including a first cable (C11), respectively a second cable (C12) extending from one of the winders, respectively the other of the winders, of the pair of winders, to one of the anchoring points, respectively the other of the anchoring points, of the second guiding element, passing, on one hand, through one cable passage, respectively the other cable passage, of the first pair of cable passages of the first guiding element and, on the other, through one cable passage, respectively the other cable passage, of the first pair of cable passages of the second guiding element,
• a controller configured to control each of the actuators of the pair of actuators independently.