This technology is a mobile tethered pelvic assist device that allows for strengthening through overground ambulation.
Gait training is an important method to improve coordination and strength of hip musculature and ambulation for individuals with poor control over pelvic motion. However, current methods for robotic gait training rely heavily on the limited use of large treadmill-based devices, which differs from overground motion. There are currently no portable methods to train gait movement overground.
This device is a mobile tethered pelvic assist technology that allows individuals to train and strengthen pelvic motion through overground ambulation. The device uses geometric cable lengths for pelvic localization and its control strategy removes the use of expensive external tension sensors. Using VICON motion capture, the patient’s pelvic position can be tracked in real-time, and this portable technology allows users to walk overground.
Patent Pending
IR CU22385
Licensing Contact: Dovina Qu