A joint movement detection device and system is presented which is responsive to elbow or wrist movements during use of a manually-propelled wheelchair to enable coordination of assistive motor energization with a user's efforts at self-motivating the manually-propelled wheelchair during driving, steering, and braking of the wheelchair. Additional means are disclosed which help to ensure user-intended assistive motor output that is responsive to movement of the joint over which the device is worn.
JOINT MOVEMENT DETECTION DEVICE AND SYSTEM FOR COORDINATING MOTOR OUTPUT WITH MANUAL WHEELCHAIR PROPULSION
22.10.2015
Patent
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
IPC: | B62M RIDER PROPULSION OF WHEELED VEHICLES OR SLEDGES , Antrieb von Radfahrzeugen oder Schlitten durch den Fahrer / A61G TRANSPORT, PERSONAL CONVEYANCES, OR ACCOMMODATION SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR PATIENTS OR DISABLED PERSONS , Transport, persönliche Beförderungsmittel, oder Lagerung besonders ausgebildet für Kranke oder Behinderte |
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