US 12,257,168 B2
Device for supporting at least one arm of a user
Oliver Mizera, Göttingen (DE); Annedore Kurzweg, Göttingen (DE); Lüder Mosler, Duderstadt (DE); Jonas Bornmann, Duderstadt (DE); Samantha Fox, Waitsfield, VT (US); and Benjamin Schirrmeister, Göttingen (DE)
Assigned to Ottobock SE & Co. KGAA, Duderstadt (DE)
Appl. No. 16/492,420
Filed by OTTOBOCK SE & CO. KGAA, Duderstadt (DE)
PCT Filed Jun. 6, 2018, PCT No. PCT/EP2018/064910
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 9, 2019,
PCT Pub. No. WO2018/224555, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 13, 2018.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2017 112 436.5 (DE), filed on Jun. 6, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2020/0038219 A1, Feb. 6, 2020
Int. Cl. A61F 5/01 (2006.01); A61H 1/00 (2006.01); A61H 1/02 (2006.01); A61H 3/00 (2006.01); B25J 9/00 (2006.01); B25J 9/10 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 5/0118 (2013.01) [A61F 5/013 (2013.01); A61H 1/0274 (2013.01); A61H 1/0281 (2013.01); A61H 3/00 (2013.01); B25J 9/0006 (2013.01); B25J 9/0009 (2013.01); B25J 9/108 (2013.01); A61F 2005/0134 (2013.01); A61F 2005/0155 (2013.01); A61F 2005/0179 (2013.01); A61H 2001/0203 (2013.01); A61H 2003/007 (2013.01); A61H 2201/1638 (2013.01); A61H 2201/165 (2013.01); A61H 2201/1673 (2013.01); A61H 2201/168 (2013.01)] 34 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A device for supporting at least one arm of a user, comprising:
at least one arm support element with an arm shell for placing the at least one arm of the user on the arm shell;
at least one passive actuator which is configured to apply a force to the at least one support element;
at least one counter bearing for the force to be applied by the at least one passive actuator which comprises
at least one counter bearing element, and
at least one force transmission element that is configured to transmit a counter force to the at least one counter bearing element; and
at least one joint between the at least one arm support element and the at least one force transmission element,
wherein the at least one joint is located in a shoulder blade region of the user when the device is in a mounted state,
wherein the at least one force transmission element extends between the at least one counter bearing element and the at least one arm support element,
wherein the at least one counter bearing element is positionable at a hip of the user and mountable on the hip of the user, and
wherein the device is configured such that a freedom of movement of the spine of the user is not restricted.