HUMAN GRASP ASSIST DEVICE SOFT GOODS

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide human grasp assist device soft goods.SOLUTION: A grasp assist system includes a glove and a flexible sleeve. The glove includes a digit such as a finger or thumb, a force sensor configured to measure a grasping force applied to an object by an operator wearing the gl...

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Hauptverfasser:	IHRKE CHRIS A, BRIDGWATER LYNDON B J, BERGELIN BRYAN J, BIBBY HEATHER, SCHROEDER JUDY, LINN DOUGLAS MARTIN, ERKKILA CRAIG, DONALD R DAVIS
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	ACCESSORIES BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS CHAMBERS PROVIDED WITH MANIPULATION DEVICES 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 HAND TOOLS HUMAN NECESSITIES HYGIENE MANIPULATORS MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES OUTERWEAR PERFORMING OPERATIONS PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS PROSTHESES PROTECTIVE GARMENTS TRANSPORTING TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS WEARING APPAREL
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Zusammenfassung:	PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide human grasp assist device soft goods.SOLUTION: A grasp assist system includes a glove and a flexible sleeve. The glove includes a digit such as a finger or thumb, a force sensor configured to measure a grasping force applied to an object by an operator wearing the glove, and adjustable phalange rings positioned with respect to the digit. A saddle is positioned with respect to the finger. A flexible tendon is looped at one end around the saddle. A conduit contains the tendon. A conduit anchor secured within a palm of the glove receives the conduit. The sleeve has pockets containing an actuator assembly connected to another end of the tendon and a controller. The controller is in communication with the force sensor, and calculates a tensile force in response to the measured grasping force. The controller commands the tensile force from the actuator assembly to tension the tendon and thereby move the finger.