US 2022/0031551 A2 · Device for supporting at least one arm of a user and for supporting at least one upper arm

Device for supporting at least one arm of a user and for supporting at least one upper arm

AssigneeOttobock SE & Co. Kgaa

InventorsLars Benjamin Finke, Olaf Kroll-Orywahl, Markus Tüttemann, Michael Bremer, Maximilian Anton Merker, Oliver Mizera, Markus Mladek, Fabienne Röschel, Benjamin Schirrmeister, Carsten Vogel, Jonas Bornmann, Michael Lanzinger, Simon Käsmann, Pascal SCHWEDHELM

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Abstract

A device for supporting at least one arm of a user, has one or more arm support elements, each of which has an arm shell for mounting on an arm. Passive actuator(s) are configured to exert a force on an arm support element by way of which an upward movement of the arm in the arm shell is supported when the device is in the mounted state. The device includes at least one counter bearing for the force to be applied, and at least one actuating element, the actuation of which allows the actuator to be moved into a first state where the actuator exerts the force on the at least one arm support element, and into a second state in which it exerts a smaller or no force on the arm support element.

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Dependent claims

A device for supporting at least one arm of a user, comprising:

one or more support elements, each of which has an arm shell for mounting on an arm,
one or more passive actuators, each of which is configured to exert a force on at least one arm support element of the one or more arm support elements, by way of which an upward movement of the at least one arm of the user in the arm shell is supported when the device is in a mounted state,
at least one counter bearing for a force to be applied,
at least one actuating element, the actuation of which allows an actuator of the one or more passive actuators to be moved into a first state, in which the actuator exerts the force on at least one arm support element of the one or more support elements, and into a second state, in which the actuator exerts a smaller or no force on the at least one arm support element.

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Application

17/218,417Filed 31 Mar 2021

Priority

DE 10 2018 127 553.65 Nov 2018

Published

3 Feb 2022

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Classification21 codes

A61F 5/013
Specially adapted for correcting deformities of the limbs or for supporting them; Ortheses, e.g. with articulations: for the arms, hands or fingers
A61H 1/0274
Stretching or bending or torsioning apparatus for exercising: for the upper limbs
A61F 5/0102
Orthopaedic devices, e.g. long-term immobilising or pressure directing devices for treating broken or deformed bones such as splints, casts or…
B25J 9/0006
Program-controlled manipulators: exoskeletons, i.e. resembling a human figure