US 2026/0076858 A1 · SYSTEM AND METHOD TO MOVE INTO AND OUT FROM A SYSTEM TO ASSIST WALKING

Abstract

A system to assist walking includes two orthoses. The two orthoses include a first articulation for the hip articulation of each of the user's leg and a thigh segment connected to the first articulation, where at least one orthosis further comprises a first fixing mechanism configured to fix the first articulation. The at least one orthosis can be set into a user transfer position. In the user transfer position, the first fixing mechanism can fix the thigh segment at an angle of at least 60° with respect to the thigh segment of the opposite orthosis.

Claims22

Dependent claims

A system to assist walking, comprising two orthoses, wherein the two orthosis comprise a first articulation for the hip articulation of each of the user's leg and a thigh segment, connected to the first articulation, wherein at least one orthosis further comprises:

a first fixing mechanism configured to fix the first articulation,
where in the at least one orthosis is configured to be set into a user transfer position, wherein in the user transfer position the first fixing mechanism is configured to fix the thigh segment at an angle of at least 60° with respect to the thigh segment of the opposite orthosis.

A system to assist walking, comprising at least one orthosis for a user's leg, wherein said orthosis comprises:

a first articulation for the hip articulation of the user's leg,
a thigh segment connected to the first articulation,
a first fixing mechanism configured to fix the first articulation,
a first sensor configured to determine the position of the thigh segment, and
a control unit configured to control the first fixing mechanism,
wherein the control unit is configured to set the system into a user transfer state, wherein, in the user transfer state, the first fixing mechanism is configured to fix the first articulation into a user transfer position when the angle of thigh segment as determined by the first sensor is at most 30° with the vertical component.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

19/108,412Filed 8 Sep 2023

Priority

8 Sep 2022

Published

19 Mar 2026

Term ends

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Classification16 codes

A61H 3/00
Appliances for aiding patients or disabled persons to walk about
A61H 1/0237
Stretching or bending or torsioning apparatus for exercising: for the lower limbs
A61H 1/024
For the lower limbs: knee
A61H 1/0262
Both knee and hip of a patient, e.g. in supine or sitting position, the feet being moved together in a plane substantially parallel to the…:…

System and method to move into and out from a system to assist walking

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System and method to move into and out from a system to assist walking

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Abstract

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