US 12,190,748 B2
Device for assisting the ambulation with measuring of the position and remote assistance
Davide Russo, Florence (IT); Alessio Valgimigli, Florence (IT); and Niccolò Sala, Gazzaniga (IT)
Appl. No. 17/627,668
Filed by QuicklyPRO Srl, Bergamo (IT); and Università degli Studi di Bergamo, Bergamo (IT)
PCT Filed Aug. 11, 2020, PCT No. PCT/IB2020/057541
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jan. 15, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/028829, PCT Pub. Date Feb. 18, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 102019000014640 (IT), filed on Aug. 12, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0246059 A1, Aug. 4, 2022
Int. Cl. G09B 19/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/11 (2006.01); G08B 5/36 (2006.01); G08B 7/06 (2006.01); H05B 47/115 (2020.01)
CPC G09B 19/003 (2013.01) [A61B 5/0022 (2013.01); A61B 5/11 (2013.01); G08B 5/36 (2013.01); G08B 7/066 (2013.01); H05B 47/115 (2020.01); A61B 2562/0219 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An ambulation assistance wearable device, comprising:
at least one support, adapted to be removably attached to a body of a person in an attachment position;
at least one power supply, anchored to said at least one support;
at least one light source, mounted on said at least one support and electrically connected to said at least one power supply, said at least one light source being configured, in use, to emit at least one beam of visible light towards a ground, at least at one front stepping point to which the person has to move a foot, in order to move forward along an ambulation direction;
at least one sensor means configured to detect at least one control parameter identifying an ambulation condition;
at least one processing unit operatively connected to said at least one power supply, said at least one light source and said at least one sensor and configured to control an activation-deactivation of said at least one light source, as a function of said at least one control parameter, corresponding to an angle or to a displacement measurement related to an instant position of at least one part of the body wearing the ambulation assistance wearable device during ambulation;
at least one measuring member configured to measure, save, and/or transmit a linear or an angular variation of the position of at least one part of the body of the person, to which assistance to ambulation makes is provided,
wherein said at least one control parameter is determined at least at one time instant and at least as a function of said at least one measuring member of the linear and/or the angular variation of the position of at least one part of the body of the person, to whom the said assistance to the ambulation is provided,
wherein said at least one measuring member comprises at least one signal source and at least one signal receiver, said at least one measuring member being configured to quantify a reciprocal and/or absolute positioning of said at least one signal source and of said at least one signal receiver, and
wherein said at least one measuring member comprises at least one accessory adaptable to a body shape of the person to whom said at least one measuring member is applied in an arbitrary position, said at least one accessory having reflecting properties combined with transceiving technologies and said accessory being configured to contribute to a reflection of the signals used by the ambulation assistance wearable device.