US 12,472,402 B2
Heart rehabilitation support apparatus and heart rehabilitation support method
Yoshiyuki Sankai, Tsukuba (JP)
Assigned to CYBERDYNE INC., Tsukuba (JP)
Appl. No. 17/425,537
Filed by CYBERDYNE INC., Tsukuba (JP)
PCT Filed Jan. 30, 2020, PCT No. PCT/JP2020/003561
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jul. 23, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/158904, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 6, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 2019-014243 (JP), filed on Jan. 30, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0118315 A1, Apr. 21, 2022
Int. Cl. A63B 24/00 (2006.01); A63B 22/00 (2006.01); A63B 22/06 (2006.01); G16H 20/30 (2018.01)
CPC A63B 24/0087 (2013.01) [A63B 22/06 (2013.01); A63B 24/0062 (2013.01); G16H 20/30 (2018.01); A63B 2022/0094 (2013.01); A63B 2024/0093 (2013.01); A63B 2230/045 (2013.01); A63B 2230/208 (2013.01); A63B 2230/405 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
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1. A heart rehabilitation support apparatus for supporting functional recovery of a heart of a subject after a cardiovascular disease treatment, the heart rehabilitation support apparatus comprising:
a bicycle ergometer comprising:
pedals configured to be pushed by the subject in a seated state;
a crank to which pedals are attached; and
a drive unit that imparts load torque, as an arbitrary exercise load, upon rotation of the crank according to a pedaling motion of the subject;
a muscle potential detector that detects a muscle potential from lower limb parts of the subject generated by the subject by pushing the pedals while the drive unit imparts the arbitrary exercise load according to the pedaling motion of the subject and creates biological signal data;
a plurality of biological electrodes that detect a heart rate and an electrocardiogram change of the subject;
a pulse oximeter that measures a pulse rate and a blood oxygen saturation degree of the subject; and
a control apparatus operatively communicating with the drive unit, wherein the control apparatus:
calculates a target motion equation using known dynamics parameters, first data, second data, and third data, wherein the first data is driving torque estimated data generated by the drive unit, the second data is joint torque estimated data of each knee joint and each hip joint of the subject, the third data is joint angle data of each knee joint and each hip joint of the subject;
identifies unknown dynamics parameters using the target motion equation, the first data, the second data, the third data, and fourth data, wherein the fourth data is muscle torque data which is determined using a muscle strength generated by the subject based on the first data;
repeats identification of the unknown dynamics parameters a plurality of times to create identified dynamics parameters;
averages the identified dynamics parameters into an identification parameter;
calculates fifth data, which is a ratio of the biological signal data and the fourth data;
receives a predetermined set muscle gain;
determines if the predetermined set muscle gain is outside of an error range, and on a condition that the predetermined set muscle gain is outside of the error range, corrects the biological signal data into corrected biological signal data and updates the fifth data to corrected fifth data, which is a ratio of the corrected biological signal data and the fourth data;
performs a first control of the load torque of the drive unit by controlling the drive unit, using a control signal, to generate a running torque and a rotational speed according to an intention of the subject determined based on at least the biological signal data,
wherein the control signal is based on the first data, the second data, the third data, the identification parameter, and the corrected biological signal data;
performs an autonomous control of the load torque of the drive unit by controlling the drive unit to generate assisting power for the pedaling motion of the subject based on a rotation angle of the crank; and
adjusts a hybrid ratio of the first control and the autonomous control based on the heart rate and the electrocardiogram change of the subject detected by the plurality of biological electrodes and the pulse rate and the blood oxygen saturation degree measured by the pulse oximeter.