Rachel L Jackson

US Patent:

20210369537, Dec 2, 2021

Filed:

Feb 24, 2021

Appl. No.:

17/184109

Inventors:

- Pittsburgh PA, US
Rachel W. Jackson - Pittsburgh PA, US
Steven H. Collins - Pittsburgh PA, US

International Classification:

A61H 3/00
A61H 1/02
A61B 5/103
F16C 1/14

Abstract:

This document describes an exoskeleton device that includes a cable, a lever that is connected to the cable, a frame comprising a strut that redirects the cable toward the lever, wherein the frame is coupled to the lever by a rotational joint; and a motor that is connected to the cable and configured to cause the cable to provide a torque about the rotational joint, wherein the cable is configured to provide the torque by exerting a first force on the lever and a second force on the frame, and wherein the cable is further configured to provide the torque in a first rotational direction and is prevented from applying the torque in an opposite rotational direction to the first rotational direction.

US Patent:

20180125738, May 10, 2018

Filed:

May 25, 2017

Appl. No.:

15/605313

Inventors:

- Pittsburgh PA, US
Rachel W. Jackson - Pittsburgh PA, US
Steven H. Collins - Pittsburgh PA, US

International Classification:

A61H 3/00
F16C 1/12
A61B 5/103
A61H 1/02

Abstract:

This document describes an exoskeleton device that includes a cable, a lever that is connected to the cable, a frame comprising a strut that redirects the cable toward the lever, wherein the frame is coupled to the lever by a rotational joint; and a motor that is connected to the cable and configured to cause the cable to provide a torque about the rotational joint, wherein the cable is configured to provide the torque by exerting a first force on the lever and a second force on the frame, and wherein the cable is further configured to provide the torque in a first rotational direction and is prevented from applying the torque in an opposite rotational direction to the first rotational direction.