Articles and methods for assisting movement of extremities

Abstract

Provided herein are an upper extremity mobility assistive device and a method of restoring movement of a user's extremity. The upper extremity mobility assistive device includes a main control board; at least one input article coupled to an input of the main control board; and at least one mobility assist element coupled to an output of the main control board, where any input article can be coupled to any mobility assist element. The method includes fitting the upper extremity mobility assistive device to the user's extremity; securing the orthosis device to the user's extremity; receiving at least one input signal at the main control board of the device; and generating at least one output to move the user's extremity. Also provided herein is a method of stimulating movement of a user's extremity using the device disclosed herein.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.