US 12,268,623 B2
Device for supporting both arms of a user
Oliver Mizera, Göttingen (DE); Annedore Kurzweg, Göttingen (DE); Lüder Mosler, Duderstadt (DE); Samantha Fox, Waitsfield, VT (US); Benjamin Schirrmeister, Göttingen (DE); Matthias Vollbrecht, Herzberg (DE); Meike Kehnen, Gôttingen (DE); and Sonja Wagner, Vienna (AT)
Assigned to Ottobock SE & Co. KGAA, Duderstadt (DE)
Appl. No. 16/495,004
Filed by OTTOBOCK SE & CO. KGAA, Duderstadt (DE)
PCT Filed Sep. 21, 2017, PCT No. PCT/EP2017/073947
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 11, 2019,
PCT Pub. No. WO2018/224175, 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 2022/0378596 A1, Dec. 1, 2022
Int. Cl. A61F 5/00 (2006.01); A61F 5/01 (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)] 23 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A device for supporting two arms of a user, comprising:
two arm support elements, wherein each of the two arm support elements has an arm shell for placing an arm of the two arms of the user on the arm shell;
at least one passive actuator which is configured to apply a force to at least one of the two arm support elements;
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 in a form of a hip strap configured to be placed around a torso of the user, and
at least two force transmission elements each being connected to the at least one counter bearing element, wherein each of the at least two force transmission elements is connected to a respective one of the two arm support elements, wherein the at least two force transmission elements are configured to transfer a counter force from each of the two arm support elements to the at least one counter bearing element,
wherein each of the at least two force transmission elements is arranged on the at least one counter bearing element such that the respective force transmission element is movable relative to the at least one counter bearing element by swiveling or rotating about a longitudinal axis of the respective force transmission element.