US 11,779,795 B2
Methods and apparatus for body weight support system
Keith McBride, Ventura, CA (US); Arkady Glukhovsky, Valencia, CA (US); and Augustine Smith, Santa Clarita, CA (US)
Assigned to Bioness Inc., Valencia, CA (US)
Filed by Bioness Inc., Valencia, CA (US)
Filed on Mar. 1, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/188,714.
Application 17/188,714 is a continuation of application No. 17/025,558, filed on Sep. 18, 2020, abandoned.
Application 17/025,558 is a continuation of application No. 16/845,510, filed on Apr. 10, 2020, abandoned.
Application 16/845,510 is a continuation of application No. 15/896,731, filed on Feb. 14, 2018, granted, now 10,668,316, issued on Jun. 2, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/458,648, filed on Feb. 14, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2022/0016471 A1, Jan. 20, 2022
Int. Cl. A63B 21/00 (2006.01); A63B 24/00 (2006.01); A63B 21/068 (2006.01); A63B 69/00 (2006.01); A63B 23/04 (2006.01); A63B 22/00 (2006.01); A63B 71/00 (2006.01); A63B 22/02 (2006.01); A63B 71/06 (2006.01)
CPC A63B 21/4001 (2015.10) [A63B 21/00181 (2013.01); A63B 21/068 (2013.01); A63B 23/0464 (2013.01); A63B 24/0087 (2013.01); A63B 69/0002 (2013.01); A63B 69/0064 (2013.01); A63B 21/4007 (2015.10); A63B 22/0235 (2013.01); A63B 23/0458 (2013.01); A63B 71/0622 (2013.01); A63B 2022/0092 (2013.01); A63B 2022/0094 (2013.01); A63B 2024/0093 (2013.01); A63B 2071/0018 (2013.01); A63B 2208/0204 (2013.01); A63B 2220/10 (2013.01); A63B 2220/30 (2013.01); A63B 2220/40 (2013.01); A63B 2220/51 (2013.01); A63B 2220/54 (2013.01); A63B 2220/805 (2013.01); A63B 2225/20 (2013.01); A63B 2225/50 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of using a body weight support system to provide body weight support during gait training, the body weight support system including a tether configured to be coupled to an attachment device worn by a user to couple the user to the body weight support system, the method comprising:
defining a reference length of the tether when the attachment device is in an initial position;
providing a first amount of body weight support during the gait training as the user moves relative to a surface and the length of the tether is less than the threshold length of the tether;
providing a second amount of body weight support during the gait training as the user moves relative to the surface when (i) a length of the tether relative to the reference length is greater than a threshold length of the tether and (ii) a rate of change in the length of the tether for a predetermined duration is greater than a threshold rate of change; and
displaying data associated with the gait training on a display of an electronic device included in the body weight support system.