HAND ASSIST ORTHOTIC

A hand orthotic configured to provide torque assistance with multiple degrees of freedom, including the flexion of the pinky, ring, middle, and index fingers, as well as providing torque assistance for the flexion and abduction of the thumb. The hand orthotic including a hand interface, a control mo...

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Hauptverfasser:	WUDLICK, Rob, ORESCHNICK, Mark, NARVESON, Chris, ROHL, James, PERSAUD, Shawna, YOCH, Travis, CONOCCHIOLI, Keddy, CONLEY, Angie, ROBERTS, Rob, SCHACHTNER, Joe, NEUBAUER, Brett, KRUMHOLZ, Eli
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng ; fre ; ger
Schlagworte:	BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF,TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, E.G. STENTS FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS FIRST-AID KITS FOMENTATION HUMAN NECESSITIES HYGIENE MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES PROSTHESES TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS
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Zusammenfassung:	A hand orthotic configured to provide torque assistance with multiple degrees of freedom, including the flexion of the pinky, ring, middle, and index fingers, as well as providing torque assistance for the flexion and abduction of the thumb. The hand orthotic including a hand interface, a control module including at least a first driver and a second driver, and a plurality of cables including at least a first cable operably coupling the first driver to a thumb portion of the hand interface and a second cable operably coupling the second driver to the thumb portion of the hand interface, wherein the first drivers configured to provide an augmented abduction motion to the thumb portion and the second drivers configured to provide an augmented flexion motion to the thumb portion.