UPPER LIMBS EXOSKELETON Russian patent published in 2017 - IPC A61H1/00 A61H1/02 

FIELD: medicine.

SUBSTANCE: upper limbs exoskeleton contains at least one outer limb framework, consisting of a shoulder element, shoulder and forearm modules, an elbow joint and a hand holder. The shoulder element, shoulder and forearm modules are oblong. The shoulder element is provided with a support for securing the outer frame. The forearm module is connected to the shoulder module by means of the elbow joint with a possibility of moving in the horizontal plane. The forearm module is connected to the hand holder. The exoskeleton is additionally equipped with a support-adaptive element for attachment to a waistcoat or a wheelchair, to which at least one support is attached to secure the outer frame, elastic elements and hooks for fastening of the elastic elements ends. The shoulder module consists of proximal and distal nodes connected by the upper and lower removable strips with a possibility of selection for anatomical adaptation. The forearm module consists of proximal and distal nodes connected by upper and lower removable strips with a possibility of selection for anatomical adaptation. The elbow joint is made in the form of two L-shaped elements, proximal and distal, interconnected by short shelves. The height of the L-shaped elements depends on the length of the forearm circumference in the area of the persons' elbow. The long shelf of the L-shaped proximal elbow joint element is transversely and rigidly connected to the distal node of the shoulder module. The proximal node of the forearm module is connected to the long shelf of the L-shaped distal elbow element rotatably about an axis along the forearm module. Hooks for fastening of the elastic elements ends are fixed on the outer surfaces on the support for outer frame securing, the shoulder element, the proximal and distal nodes of the shoulder module, the proximal and distal nodes of the forearm module, the proximal and distal elbow joint elements.

EFFECT: expanded functionality of the device due to the possibility to perform rotation outside, rotation inside the forearm relative to the person's shoulder and increase the amplitude of movements, as well as provision of the possibility of device adjustment to anatomical adaptation to the human body and setting of functions depending on the device application, both with movement facilitation, and with its loading for the training function.

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