Portable Active Fluid Powered Ankle-foot Orthosis

A portable active pneumatically-powered ankle foot orthosis. A lower leg mount and a foot bed are pivotally coupled at or proximate to an ankle position. A pneumatically powered rotary actuator is configured to receive power from a wearable fluid power source and provide controlled force and resistance to aid or inhibit relative rotation of the foot bed and the lower leg mount. Embedded sensors provide feedback from the device.

Patents:
US 20,110,112,447

Inventor(s): HSIAO-WECKSLER ELIZABETH T [US]; GILMER JOEL NELSON [US]; KOGLER GEZA [US]; LOTH ERIC [US]; SHORTER K ALEX [US]; THOMAS JASON EV

Type of Offer: Licensing



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