Patent Application
20240225941
The present specification relates to a robotic leg orthosis for gait rehabilitation training and a method for controlling same.
Stroke is one of the main causes of death not only in Korea but also throughout the world, one of the main causes of adult disability, and a disease that causes a decline in gait, daily living activities, and cognition and lowers the quality of life, resulting in a large burden personally and socially to a patient A reduction in stroke mortality due to the medical advancement results in an increase in the number of patients suffering from sequelae of a cranial nerve disease.
For a lower extremity, hemiplegia causes a lack of physical (muscular) strength of an affected leg for supporting a patient's weight during walking, thus reducing gait stability, a lack of strength for generating thrust by kicking the ground, and a phenomenon of foot drop during a swing motion.
As a result, the patient suffers from gait abnormality which is characterized by hip hiking and circumduction gait as recompense motions. Asymmetry between both lower extremities not only disturbs gait rehabilitation training for a normal pattern but also is a principal cause of exhaustion of physical strength during walking and an increase in fall risk of a patient.
Currently, various types of orthoses are used in rehabilitation courses for hemiplegia patients. A fixed ankle orthosis for gait assistance can inhibit an ankle from excessive dropping, but does not sufficiently imitate motions of a joint during normal gait motions of a lower extremity, thus being a cause of degrading gait stability and symmetry.
In order to supplement such shortcomings described above, several items of equipment have been developed by adopting robot engineering for over a decade, and rehabilitation or the like using a robot having an exoskeleton structure is reported to have a partial clinical effect; however, most of the items of equipment are high in cost and large in volume, are often used only for repeating a simple motion, and have a problem of a limit in detecting a motion of a patient and providing a customized treatment protocol.
In addition, an existing orthosis or a rehabilitation apparatus does not include a sensing system suitable for accurately detecting a patient's gait condition, and thus an additional measurement instrument needs to be used in order to quantitatively analyze characteristics of the patient's gait and motion.
Consequently, it is not possible to provide feedback based on accurate evaluation of a condition, and thus it is difficult to perform quantitative rehabilitation training.
Such problems described above bring about a demand for a device that can assist a post-stroke patient's knee joint and ankle joint strength on one leg.
According to an aspect of embodiments of the present invention, there are provided a robotic leg orthosis for gait rehabilitation training and a method for controlling same, in which the robotic leg orthosis can assist a rehabilitation patient's knee joint on one leg and/or ankle joint strength according to a gait cycle of the rehabilitation patient, and can be implemented as a soft wearable device.
According to another aspect of the embodiments of the present invention, there are provided a mobile robotic orthosis for gait rehabilitation training that is not stationary but can be applied during a movement process of the patient, and a luggage carrier applicable thereto.
According to exemplary embodiments of the present invention, there is provided a robotic leg orthosis for gait rehabilitation training including: an orthosis that is installed on at least one of a knee, an ankle joint, a shin, and a calf of an affected leg which is a rehabilitation target. The orthosis comprises: a sleeve surrounding at least one of the knee, the ankle joint, the shin, and the calf; and an air chamber which is mounted so as to be connected to the sleeve and provides assisting strength to at least one of the knee, the ankle joint, the shin, and the calf. The air chamber may provide assisting strength corresponding to a patient's gait cycle.
According to an embodiment, the orthosis may include a first ankle supporting member that is installed at an ankle so as to inhibit inversion or eversion bending of the ankle, and the first ankle supporting member may have: an ankle sleeve surrounding an ankle joint: and ankle supporting chambers which are air chambers mounted to be connected to the ankle sleeve, and which, when air is introduced therein to inflate the air chambers, support the ankle joint so as to inhibit inversion or eversion bending of the ankle.
According to the embodiment, the air chambers may surround both inversion and eversion sides of an ankle, respectively. Air may be injected into the air chambers before the affected leg reaches ground, and the air chambers may be inflated to provide assisting strength so as to inhibit inversion or eversion bending of the ankle. The air chambers may maintain pressure therein in a stance phase to provide the assisting strength so as to inhibit inversion or eversion bending of the ankle and maintain a stretched state.
According to the embodiment, the orthosis may include a second ankle supporting member that is installed on at least one of a shin and a calf such that an ankle is flexed toward a dorsum or a sole of a foot. The second ankle supporting member may further have: a shin sleeve surrounding the shin: guards that are installed at both the shin and the calf, respectively: and artificial muscle packs that are connected to the respective guards and have one or more air chambers inside.
According to the embodiment, the second ankle supporting member may further have: a Velcro tie that surrounds and secures the guards: and a buckle that is installed at a foot accommodating portion and combines the artificial muscle packs.
According to the embodiment, the air chambers may be installed at both sides of the shin and the calf, respectively. In a state in which a sole is in contact with ground, air in the air chamber installed at the side of the shin may be discharged outside, and air may be injected into the air chamber installed at the side of the calf. In a state in which a sole is separated from the ground, air may be injected into the air chamber installed at the side of the shin, and air in the air chamber installed at the side of the calf may be discharged outside.
According to the embodiment, the orthosis may further include a knee stretching member which is provided to be installable on a knee so as to provide assisting strength for enabling a knee to be stretched. The knee stretching member may have: a knee sleeve surrounding a knee joint: and knee supporting chambers which are air chambers mounted to be connected to the knee sleeve, and which, when air is introduced therein to inflate the air chambers, enable the knee to be stretched by supporting the knee joint.
According to the embodiment, the air chambers may be located at both sides of a rear surface portion of the knee joint, respectively.
According to the embodiment, the knee stretching member may enable the knee joint to be stretched in a swing phase and may enable a state in which the knee is stretched to be maintained in a stance phase.
According to the embodiment, the sleeve may be made of an elastic material, and the air chambers may be made of a cloth material coated with a soft material such as elastomer such as polyurethane.
In addition, according to the exemplary embodiments of the present invention, there is provided a method for controlling the robotic leg orthosis for gait rehabilitation training described above, the method including: a step of checking at least one of a rehabilitation patient's gait condition and gait pattern in real time based on an angle between ground and at least one of the patient's thigh, shin, and dorsum of a foot during the rehabilitation patient's walking, by an inertial measurement module: a step of determining the patient's gait cycle as any one of a loading response phase, a mid stance phase, a terminal stance phase, a pre-swing phase, an initial swing phase, a mid swing phase, and a terminal swing phase, based on at least one of the gait condition and the gait pattern, by a main controller: a step of causing a knee stretching member to enable a knee joint to be stretched in the terminal swing phase and enable a state in which the knee is stretched to be maintained for the loading response phase to the terminal stance phase according to the determined gait cycle, by the main controller: a step of causing a first ankle supporting member to start supporting an ankle so as to inhibit inversion or eversion bending of an ankle joint in the terminal swing phase and maintain ankle support so as to inhibit the inversion or eversion bending of the ankle joint for the loading response phase to the terminal stance phase according to the determined gait cycle, by the main controller: and a step of causing a second ankle supporting member to assist dorsiflexion for the initial swing phase to the terminal swing phase, assist dorsiflexion in the loading response phase, and assist plantarflexion for the mid stance phase to the pre-swing phase according to the determined gait cycle, by the main controller. The inertial measurement module may be installed on at least one of the patient's thigh, shin, and dorsum of a foot, and the main controller may be contained in the luggage carrier.
In addition, according to the exemplary embodiments of the present invention, there is provided a robotic orthosis for rehabilitation training including: an air chamber that assists a rehabilitation body: and a luggage carrier that generates compressed air and supplies the generated compressed air to the air chamber. The luggage carrier is an autonomous driving luggage carrier.
According to another embodiment, the luggage carrier may have: an air compressor which generates compressed air: an air tank which stores the generated compressed air: and a pressure regulator which regulates pressure of the compressed air.
According to the other embodiment, the luggage carrier may have a laser distance sensor which is capable of sensing a distance between a patient and a camera that is capable of imaging a location of the patient such that the luggage carrier is capable of performing autonomous driving so as to follow the patient by recognizing the location of the patient.
According to the other embodiment, the robotic orthosis for rehabilitation training may further include an inertial measurement module that is installed on at least one of the patient's thigh, shin, and dorsum of a foot. The luggage carrier may further include a main controller. The steps of the method for controlling the robotic leg orthosis for gait rehabilitation training described above may be performed by the inertial measurement module and the main controller.
A robotic leg orthosis for gait rehabilitation training according to the embodiments of the present invention is made of a soft material so as to be lightweight, flexible, well wearable, and safe.
In addition, the robotic leg orthosis for gait rehabilitation training according to the embodiments of the present invention includes pneumatic air chambers or artificial muscle packs so as to be capable of providing active assisting strength when compressed air is injected, so it is possible to assist and support behavior of a knee and/or an ankle joint, when compressed air is injected.
In addition, the robotic leg orthosis for gait rehabilitation training according to the embodiments of the present invention can provide a luggage carrier which can perform autonomous driving and supply air pressure, thereby performing rehabilitation training not in a stationary manner but in a movable manner.
In addition, the robotic leg orthosis for gait rehabilitation training according to the embodiments of the present invention can obtain the patient's gait condition and gait pattern in real time and can perform real-time control to operate the orthosis according to a special gait point and phase.
Further, the robotic leg orthosis for gait rehabilitation training according to the embodiments of the present invention can be applied to customized rehabilitation through feedback of quantitative gait data and gait indexes by acquiring and analyzing a patient's gait data.
According to the embodiments of the present invention described above, the robotic leg orthosis can assist a patient in a natural gait close to a normal gait, can assist a patient in daily life, and can maximize rehabilitation effects.
Hereinafter, embodiments disclosed in this specification will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings: however, the same or similar reference signs are assigned to the same or similar configurational elements, and the repeated description thereof is to be omitted.
In the description of the embodiments disclosed in this specification, when the specific description of a known technology related to the embodiments is considered to obscure the gist of the embodiments disclosed in this specification, the detailed description thereof is to be omitted. In addition, the accompanying drawings are only provided to enable the embodiments disclosed in this specification to be easily understood, and thus the technical idea disclosed in this specification is not limited to the accompanying drawings. All modifications, equivalents, and alternatives included in the technical idea and technical scope of the present invention are to be construed to be part of the present invention.
Terms having an ordinal number such as first or second can be used in describing various configurational elements; however, the configurational elements are not limited to the terms. The terms are used only for a purpose of distinguishing one configurational element from another configurational element.
The description in which one configurational element is mentioned to be “connected to” another configurational element is to be understood to mean that the one configurational element can be directly connected to the other configurational element or that still another configurational element can be present therebetween.
Singular expression also includes plural expression thereof, unless obviously implied otherwise in context.
In this specification, a term such as “to comprise” or “to have” is construed to specify that a feature, a number, a step, an operation, a configurational element, a part, or an assembly thereof described in the specification is present and not to exclude a possibility of presence or addition of one or more other features, numbers, steps, operations, configurational elements, parts, or assemblies thereof in advance.
In this specification, a term such as “unit”, “module”, or “controller” which includes a control process can indicate not only hardware but also an assembly of hardware and software driven by the hardware. For example, the hardware can be a data processing unit including a CPU or another processor. In addition, the software driven by the hardware can be a program such as a running process, an object, an executable file, a thread of execution, or a computational program.
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The robotic leg orthosis 100 for gait rehabilitation training according to the embodiments includes an orthosis that is installed on at least one of a knee, an ankle joint, a shin, and a calf of an affected leg which is a rehabilitation target.
The orthosis includes a sleeve surrounding at least one of the knee, the ankle joint, the shin, and the calf, and an air chamber which is mounted so as to be connected to the sleeve and provides assisting strength to at least one of the knee, the ankle joint, the shin, and the calf. The air chamber can provide assisting strength corresponding to a patient's gait cycle.
The orthosis can be an ankle supporting member or a knee stretching member, for example. The specific description thereof will be provided.
In an embodiment, the robotic leg orthosis 100 for gait rehabilitation training of the present invention can include a first ankle supporting member 20.
The first ankle supporting member 20 is installed at an ankle so as to inhibit inversion or eversion bending of the ankle.
The first ankle supporting member 20 includes an ankle sleeve 21 and an ankle supporting chamber 25.
The ankle sleeve 21 is provided to surround an ankle joint. Desirably, the ankle sleeve 21 is made of an elastic material.
The ankle sleeve 21 can have patches of Velcro 28 at both ends thereof, and the patches of Velcro 28 enable the ankle sleeve 21 to surround and fix the patient's ankle joint.
Positions of the patches of Velcro 28 on the ankle sleeve 21 or positions at which the patches of Velcro 28 are attached to each other can be adjusted depending on a body size.
The ankle supporting chamber 25 can be mounted to be connected to the ankle sleeve 21 and can support the ankle joint when air is injected therein and is inflated.
The inflated ankle supporting chamber 25 has an increase in rigidity so as to inhibit excessive inversion or eversion bending of the ankle.
Before the affected leg, on which the first ankle supporting member 20 is installed, reaches the ground, air is injected into the ankle supporting chamber 25 and to inflate the ankle supporting chamber in advance, and thereby rigidity of the ankle in inversion and eversion directions can be reinforced. In this manner, the impact applied to the ankle in the initial stance phase in which the affected leg comes into contact with the ground is absorbed, and gait stability is improved.
In addition, the first ankle supporting member 20 enables the pressure of the ankle supporting chamber 25 to be maintained in the stance phase so as to maintain a state in which the ankle is straightly stretched such that the affected leg can support the weight and a sprain and a falling accident due to bending of the ankle can be prevented. Intensity of an ankle supporting force of the first ankle supporting member 20 which supports the ankle can be controlled by adjusting flexural rigidity of ankle support based on pressure intensity of air injected into the ankle supporting chamber 25.
The ankle supporting chamber 25 can be manufactured of a cloth material and, desirably, can be manufactured of a cloth material coated with polyurethane.
In addition, the robotic leg orthosis 100 for gait rehabilitation training of the embodiments of the present invention can further include a second ankle supporting member 30.
The second ankle supporting member 30 can include a shin sleeve 31, guards 32, and artificial muscle packs 34.
The shin sleeve 31 can be provided to surround a shin.
The shin sleeve 31 can have patches of Velcro at both ends thereof, and the patches of Velcro enable shin sleeve 31 to surround and fix the vicinity of the patient's shin.
The guards 32 can be installed at both the shin and a calf, respectively.
The guards 32 can be attached to fix an upper part of the artificial muscle packs 34 on the shin sleeve 31. Desirably, the guard 32 is made of a hard material. The guard 32 can have a Velcro tie such that the Velcro tie can be tied on the shin and the calf, and thereby the guard 32 can be fixed.
The artificial muscle packs 34 can be connected to the guards 32 and can have a plurality of air chambers therein as illustrated in
The air chambers can be installed at both sides of the shin and the calf.
The air chambers can be provided in plurality and can be connected in series in a direction parallel to the leg. The air chamber maintains a flat shape when air is discharged. When compressed air is injected into the air chamber, the air chamber is inflated and is contracted in a length direction thereof so as to generate a protective force at the calf and the shin.
The artificial muscle pack 34 can be manufactured of a cloth material coated with polyurethane.
The artificial muscle packs 34 can have the air chambers at the sides of the shin and the calf. The artificial muscle packs 34, with reference to
The artificial muscle packs 34 assist the motion of the dorsiflexion of the ankle joint so as to inhibit foot drop and enable sufficient foot clearance to be secured by injecting the compressed air into the air chamber installed at the side of the shin in the swing phase and inflating the air chambers.
In addition, the artificial muscle packs 34 assist the motion of the dorsiflexion even during initial contact, which is a time when the foot starts to reach the ground, so as to absorb and soften the impact occurring when the foot reaches the ground.
On the other hand, air in the air chamber attached to the shin is emitted in the stance phase, and the compressed air is injected into the air chamber attached to the calf on a rear surface of the leg such that the air chamber is inflated to assist the motion of the plantarflexion of the ankle joint. Hence, while the foot kicks the ground, thrust is generated.
Intensity of a support force of the second ankle supporting member 30 which supports the shin and the calf can be controlled by adjusting flexural rigidity of shin and calf support based on pressure intensity of air injected into air chambers.
As an example, in a state in which a sole is in contact with the ground, air in the air chamber installed at the side of the shin can be discharged outside, and air can be injected into the air chamber installed at the side of the calf.
In addition, in a state in which a sole is separated from the ground, air can be injected into the air chamber installed at the side of the shin, and air in the air chamber installed at the side of the calf can be discharged outside.
The second ankle supporting member 30 can further include a Velcro tie and a buckle.
The Velcro tie can surround and fix the guards 32.
The buckle is installed at a foot accommodating portion and combines the artificial muscle packs 34.
In addition, the robotic leg orthosis 100 for gait rehabilitation training of the embodiments of the present invention can further include a knee stretching member 10.
The knee stretching member 10 can be provided to be installable on a knee.
In addition, the knee stretching member 10 enables a knee joint to be stretched in the swing phase and enables a state in which the knee is stretched to be maintained in a stance phase, thus, enabling an affected leg to support body weight.
As illustrated in
The knee sleeve 13 can be provided to surround the knee joint. Desirably, the knee sleeve 13 is made of an elastic material.
The knee sleeve 13 can have patches of Velcro 18 at both ends thereof, and the patches of Velcro 18 enable the knee sleeve 13 to surround and fix a leg around a patient's knee joint.
Positions of the patches of Velcro 18 or positions at which the patches of Velcro 18 are attached to each other can be adjusted depending on a body size.
The knee supporting chamber 15 is mounted so as to be connected to the knee sleeve 13, and when air is introduced therein to inflate the knee supporting chamber in the swing phase, enables the knee to be stretched by supporting the knee joint, and enables the state in which the knee is stretched to be maintained in the stance phase.
The knee supporting chamber 15 can be manufactured of a cloth material and, desirably, can be manufactured of a cloth material coated with polyurethane.
When air is injected into the knee supporting chamber 15, the knee supporting chamber 15 is inflated so as to support the knee joint. In addition, when the air injected into the knee supporting chamber 15 is discharged, the knee supporting chamber is deformed into a flat shape and does not affect movement of the knee joint.
In a state in which air is injected into the knee supporting chamber 15 to inflate the knee supporting chamber, and the knee supporting chamber 15 is inflated and is tight while being deformed into a bar shape.
When the knee supporting chamber 15 is inflated in the terminal swing phase, the knee supporting chamber 15 enables the knee joint to be extended in a direction parallel to the leg.
In addition, in the stance phase, the knee supporting chamber 15 maintains pressure therein to enable the state in which the leg is straightly stretched to be maintained such that the affected leg can support the weight. In addition, the knee supporting chamber 15 assists rigidity of the knee joint, thereby enabling improvement of gait stability and injury prevention in the stance phase.
A degree of assisting strength of the knee stretching member 10 can be controlled by adjusting flexural rigidity of the knee supporting chamber 15 based on the pressure intensity of air injected into the knee supporting chamber 15.
On the other hand, according to the embodiments of the present invention, there is provided a robotic leg orthosis for rehabilitation training, the robotic orthosis including: an air chamber that assists a rehabilitation body: and a luggage carrier that generates compressed air and supplies the generated compressed air to the air chamber. The luggage carrier is an autonomous driving luggage carrier.
In the embodiment, the robotic leg orthosis 100 for gait rehabilitation training described above can further include a luggage carrier 40.
The luggage carrier 40 can generate compressed air and can supply the generated compressed air to at least one of the knee stretching member 10 and the first and second ankle supporting members 30.
With reference to
In addition,
The main controller 48 analyzes in real time the gait cycle and pattern from a signal measured in an inertial measurement module 50 to be described below and controls the pressure regulator 44 to supply the compressed air having set pressure to a driver at an appropriate time.
In addition, the main controller 48 monitors a gait condition by communicating with an external desktop or laptop and enables external control to be performed.
In addition, the robotic leg orthosis 100 for gait rehabilitation training according to the embodiment of the present invention can further include the inertial measurement module 50.
The inertial measurement module 50 checks the patient's gait condition and gait pattern in real time based on an angle between the ground and at least one of the thigh, the shin, and the dorsum of the foot during the patient's walking so as to enable the main controller 48 to control an operation of at least one of the knee stretching member 10 and the first and second ankle supporting members 30.
In this respect, with reference to
For example, the inertial measurement module 50 can be an inertial measurement unit (IMU).
For example, with reference to
On the other hand, the luggage carrier 40 can include a wireless plantar pressure insole module 60 so as to measure whether both soles are in contact with the ground in real time.
In addition, the inertial measurement module 50 enables the main controller 48 to determine a gait cycle as any one of a loading response phase, a mid stance phase, a terminal stance phase, a pre-swing phase, an initial swing phase, a mid swing phase, and a terminal swing phase based on a posture of the patient's both lower extremities and whether the patient's soles are in contact with the ground.
As described above, the luggage carrier 40 can supply the compressed air to the knee stretching member 10 in the terminal swing phase, the loading response phase, the mid stance phase, and the terminal stance phase and supply the compressed air to the first ankle supporting member 20 in the terminal swing phase, the loading response phase, and the terminal stance phase.
As described above, the patient's gait condition and gait pattern can be checked in real time by using sensing information measured and calculated in real time, and the patient's gait condition and gait pattern can be used in real-time control to operate pneumatic artificial muscle at a specific gait point and phase. Further, the patient's gait data can be acquired and analyzed so as to feedback quantitative gait data and gait indexes and thereby can be used in customized rehabilitation.
In addition, the robotic leg orthosis 100 for a lower extremity for gait rehabilitation training can further include an air hose 70 that enables the compressed air generated in the luggage carrier 40 to be transmitted to the knee stretching member 10, the first ankle supporting member 20, and second ankle supporting member 30.
One end side of the air hose 70 communicates with the air tank 43, and the other end side thereof communicates with each of the knee supporting chamber 15, the ankle supporting chamber 25, and the artificial muscle packs 34 so as to supply compressed air in the air tank 43 to each of the knee stretching member 10, the first ankle supporting member 20, and the second ankle supporting member 30.
The air hose 70 can include a waist belt 71 for branching into the knee supporting chamber 15, the ankle supporting chamber 25, and the artificial muscle packs 34, and the air hose 70 can be fixed to the patient's waist with the waist belt 71.
In the embodiment of the present invention, the gait phase will be described hereinafter. Regarding the gait phase,
The gait phase largely includes the stance phase in which a foot is in contact with the ground and the swing phase in which the foot is separated from the ground, and the gait phase includes seven phases in total depending on whether relative locations of both legs are in contact with the ground.
The seven phases of the stance phase and the swing phase are divided into a loading response phase, a mid stance phase, a terminal stance phase, a pre-swing phase, an initial swing phase, a mid swing phase, and a terminal swing phase.
A phase to which a gait condition belongs during walking can be determined in real time by detecting posture of both lower extremities and whether the soles are in contact with the ground by using the inertial measurement module 50 included in the embodiment of the present invention, and determination criteria are as follows.
The loading response phase corresponds to a case where both feet are in contact with the ground, and an affected ankle joint is located in front of an unaffected ankle joint.
The mid stance phase corresponds to a case where an affected foot is in contact with the ground, an unaffected foot is separated from the ground, and the affected ankle joint is located in front of the unaffected ankle joint.
The terminal stance phase corresponds to a case where the affected foot is in contact with the ground, the unaffected foot is separated from the ground, and the affected ankle joint is located behind the unaffected ankle joint.
The pre-swing phase corresponds to a case where both feet are in contact with the ground, and the affected ankle joint is located behind the unaffected ankle joint.
The initial swing phase corresponds to a case where the affected foot is separated from the ground, the unaffected foot is in contact with the ground, and the affected ankle joint is located behind the unaffected ankle joint.
The mid swing phase corresponds to a case where the affected foot is separated from the ground, the unaffected foot is in contact with the ground, and the affected ankle joint is located in front of the unaffected ankle joint. In addition, the mid swing phase corresponds to a case where the knee joint is located in front of the ankle.
The terminal swing phase corresponds to a case where the affected foot is separated from the ground, the unaffected foot is in contact with the ground, and the affected ankle joint is located in front of the unaffected ankle joint. In addition, the terminal swing phase corresponds to a case where the knee joint is located behind the ankle.
Hereinafter, regarding the configurations of the knee stretching member 10, the first ankle supporting member 20, and the second ankle supporting member 30, a control method for generating a control force will be described.
The knee stretching member 10 enables the knee joint to be stretched in the terminal swing phase. In addition, the knee stretching member 10 enables a state in which the knee is stretched in the terminal stance phase to be maintained in the loading response phase, thus enabling the affected leg to support body weight.
The first ankle supporting member 20 reinforces the rigidity of the ankle joint in the terminal swing phase in advance against the impact generated when the foot reaches the ground. In addition, in the loading response phase, the first ankle supporting member inhibits excessive inversion and eversion bending of the ankle joint in the terminal stance phase and reinforces the rigidity of the ankle joint in the inversion and eversion directions, thereby absorbing the impact applied to the ankle and improving the gait stability.
The second ankle supporting member 30 assists the motion of the dorsiflexion of the ankle joint in the swing phase so as to inhibit foot drop and enables sufficient foot clearance to be secured.
In addition, the second ankle supporting member 30 assists the motion of the dorsiflexion in the loading response phase so as to absorb the impact applied to the ankle, thus improving the gait stability.
In addition, the second ankle supporting member 30 assists the plantarflexion from the mid swing phase to the pre-swing phase such that thrust is generated while the foot kicks the ground.
Hereinafter, with reference to a to h in
Insoles for fixing a plantar pressure sensor and the artificial muscle packs 34 are inserted into indoor shoes. Then, a sensor module is powered up.
With reference to a in
Then, with reference to b and c in
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The robotic leg orthosis 100 for gait rehabilitation training described above is not limited to the configurations and methods of the embodiments described above but can have a configuration in which all or a part of individual embodiments are selectively combined such that the embodiment can be variously modified.
It is obvious for those skilled in the art to realize still another specific example within a range not departing from the idea and the essential feature of the present invention. Consequently, the detailed description is not to be construed to be limited in any aspect but is considered an exemplary example. The scope of the present invention is determined through reasonable interpretation of the accompanying claims, and any modifications within an equivalent range of the present invention are included in the scope of the present invention.
According to the embodiments of the present invention, a robotic leg orthosis for gait rehabilitation training, a method for controlling same, and an autonomous driving luggage carrier can assist a paraplegic patient such as a post-stroke hemiplegic patient in a natural gait close to a normal gait according to the patient's gait cycle when the patient walks around. Hence, the robotic leg orthosis can assist a patient in daily life and can maximize rehabilitation effects.
| Number | Date | Country | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10-2020-0039397 | Mar 2020 | KR | national |
| Filing Document | Filing Date | Country | Kind |
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| PCT/KR2021/004013 | 3/31/2021 | WO |
