WALKING ASSIST DEVICE

• Main Authors: INADA JUN, GOMI HIROSHI, IKEDO YOSUKE
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: 13.12.2021
• Subjects: ARTIFICIAL RESPIRATION; BATHING DEVICES FOR SPECIAL THERAPEUTIC OR HYGIENIC PURPOSESOR SPECIFIC PARTS OF THE BODY; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; MASSAGE; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; PHYSICAL THERAPY APPARATUS, e.g. DEVICES FOR LOCATING ORSTIMULATING REFLEX POINTS IN THE BODY

To provide a walking assist device capable of being easily fixed without providing a user with a feeling of pressure without reference to a shape of his/her cruris.SOLUTION: A walking assist device A comprises: a cruris orthosis 1 for covering a front face of the cruris; a cruris frame 3 that is arranged ahead of the cruris orthosis 1 and that can be rotated around a first axis line a1 extended in a pitch axis direction with respect to the cruris orthosis 1; and a lock mechanism 5 for fixing an attitude of the cruris frame 3 with respect to the cruris orthosis 1.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1 【課題】ユーザの下腿部の形状によらず、ユーザに圧迫感を与えずに、固定しやすい歩行アシスト装置を提供する。【解決手段】歩行アシスト装置Ａは、下腿部の前面を覆う下腿部装具１と、下腿部装具１の前方に配置され、下腿部装具１に対してピッチ軸方向に延びる第１軸線ａ１を中心として回動自在な下腿部フレーム３と、下腿部装具１に対する下腿部フレーム３の姿勢を固定するロック機構５とを備える。【選択図】図１