Bionic limb system
OwnerKamil Podholainventor
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Abstract
The invention relates to a prosthesis, orthosis or exoskeleton device (a bionic limb system device) for restoring lost functionality to a patient that suffers from at least partial loss of a limb, the device comprising a sound sensing system that communicates with a controller to generate a signal to control the device which can include a defined sensing element, a defined type of a sensor, of a communication interface and/or which can be insulated and/or wherein a controller can command an actuator and/or set a defined parameter. The device can be controllable by a defined sound; it can be coupled with an electrocomponent and/or mechanocomponent. A prosthesis, orthosis or exoskeleton device control method and a sonometry method are proposed.
Claims16
A prosthesis, orthosis or exoskeleton device for restoring lost functionality to a patient that suffers from at least partial loss of a limb, said device characterised in that it comprises:
- a sound sensing system that communicates with a controller to generate a signal to control said prosthesis, orthosis or exoskeleton device.
A prosthesis, orthosis or exoskeleton device control method, the method comprising the steps of:
- providing a prosthesis, orthosis or exoskeleton device for restoring lost functionality to a patient that suffers from at least partial loss of a limb, said device comprising a sound sensing system that communicates with a controller to generate a signal to control said prosthesis, orthosis or exoskeleton device;
- giving one or more acoustic commands;
- executing said one or more voice commands by means of said prosthesis, orthosis or exoskeleton device to perform one or more movements,
- wherein the steps can be repeated.
In a prosthesis, orthosis or exoskeleton device for restoring lost functionality to a patient that suffers from at least partial loss of a limb, said device comprising a sound sensing system communicating with a controller generating a signal controlling said prosthesis, orthosis or exoskeleton device control method, the method comprising the steps of:
- measuring contraction or stretching of at least part of said prosthesis, orthosis or exoskeleton device by means of an expanding sensor, said expanding sensor configured to include an expanding structure, wherein a changement in said expanding structure parameters can change a defined resonance frequency and/or harmonics thereof;
- processing an information from said expanding sensor in a processor to determine a position of said prosthesis, orthosis or exoskeleton device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.