US 12,251,826 B2
Pneumatic exomuscle system and method
Saul Griffith, San Francisco, CA (US); Pete Lynn, Oakland, CA (US); Della Shea, San Francisco, CA (US); Kevin Albert, San Francisco, CA (US); and Tim Swift, Clovis, CA (US)
Assigned to Roam Robotics Inc., San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed by ROAM ROBOTICS INC., San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed on Mar. 23, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/827,484.
Application 16/827,484 is a continuation of application No. 15/823,523, filed on Nov. 27, 2017, granted, now 10,611,020.
Application 15/823,523 is a continuation in part of application No. 14/577,524, filed on Dec. 19, 2014, granted, now 9,827,667, issued on Nov. 28, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/918,577, filed on Dec. 19, 2013.
Prior Publication US 2020/0230804 A1, Jul. 23, 2020
Int. Cl. B25J 9/00 (2006.01); A61H 1/02 (2006.01); B25J 9/14 (2006.01); F04B 45/053 (2006.01)
CPC B25J 9/0006 (2013.01) [A61H 1/0237 (2013.01); A61H 1/024 (2013.01); A61H 1/0244 (2013.01); A61H 1/0274 (2013.01); A61H 1/0277 (2013.01); A61H 1/0281 (2013.01); A61H 1/0292 (2013.01); B25J 9/142 (2013.01); F04B 45/0533 (2013.01); A61H 1/0218 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A pneumatic exomuscle system comprising:
a pneumatic module;
a plurality of pneumatic actuators each comprising one or more inflatable chambers operably coupled to the pneumatic module via at least one pneumatic line, a portion of the pneumatic actuators configured to be worn along lateral sides of respective body joints of a user including at least one of the same joint on opposing sides of the body; and
a control module operably coupled to the pneumatic module, the control module comprising a processor and memory configured to control the pneumatic module to selectively inflate portions of the pneumatic actuators.