Therapeutic walking trainer
Assigneemedica-Medizintechnik GmbH
InventorOtto Hoebel
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Abstract
A therapeutic walking trainer for improving the ability to walk, in particular for re-learning the ability to walk, with an upper frame, which has a torso-free body holder and provides forward support, and with a lower frame, which is connected to the upper frame by means of at least one supporting bar and has a number of rollers. To compensate for a torque acting on the vertical axis, the rollers are at least four in number, with at least one of the rollers, preferably exactly two of the rollers, being formed as drivable rollers. In addition, the invention relates to a combination of a therapeutic walking trainer with a motor-free treadmill, and the at least one supporting bar is connected to the lower frame via an elastic lower part.
Claims24
A therapeutic gait trainer for a patient for improving the ability to walk, comprising:
- a top frame having two first top frame sections that each include first and second ends;
- a second top frame section connecting the first ends of the first top frame sections;
- a first extended section and a second extended section disposed between the first top frame sections and extending in a direction towards the patient;
- a torsion-limiting body holder extending from the first extended section to the second extended section and providing support for the patient, the first top frame sections extending in a driving direction of the therapeutic gait trainer, the second top frame section being arranged to be disposed in a direction of a patient in use;
- a bottom frame having two first bottom frame sections and a second bottom frame section connecting the two first bottom frame sections, the first bottom frame sections being parallel with the first top frame sections, the second bottom frame section being arranged to be disposed in front of the patient in use;
- two supporting rods respectively connecting the first top frame sections of the top frame and center sections of the first bottom frame sections of the bottom frame;
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- a plurality of rollers provided on the first bottom frame sections of the bottom frame,
- wherein, to compensate for a torque acting on the vertical axis, the plurality of rollers is at least four, of which at least one or two of the rollers are made as drivable rollers,
- wherein an elastic bottom part is provided between each of the two supporting and the bottom frame so as to connect each of the two supporting rods to the bottom frame, and
- wherein a belt system attachable to the hips of the patient is provided, which is connected to at least one belt receptacle associated with the top frame.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.