ROBOT FOR UPPER-LIMB REHABILITATION

• US 20200129365A1
• Filed: 12/27/2019
• Published: 04/30/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 06/30/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Neofect Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Neofect Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: PARK, Min Jae, JU, Hyeon Jae, CHOI, Young Geun
• Granted Patent: US 11,617,700 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 1/0274 for the upper limbs
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 1/0288 Fingers
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2201/1207 with electric or magnetic drive
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2201/1638 Holding means therefor
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2201/5058 Sensors or detectors
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2205/065 Hands
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2205/067 Fingers
• CPC Class Codes: B25J 9/0006 Exoskeletons, i.e. resembling a human figure

Abstract

The inventive concept relates to an upper-limb rehabilitation robot that includes a finger exercise device that is mounted on the back of a patient'"'"'s hand and that exercises a finger of the patient for rehabilitation, a wrist exercise device that is provided on a wrist of the patient and that exercises the wrist of the patient, and an upper-limb exercise device that is spaced apart from the wrist exercise device and that exercises an upper limb of the patient.

Claims

1. An upper-limb rehabilitation robot comprising:

a finger exercise device mounted on the back of a patient'"'"'s hand and configured to exercise a finger of the patient for rehabilitation;

a wrist exercise device provided on a wrist of the patient and configured to exercise the wrist of the patient; and

an upper-limb exercise device spaced apart from the wrist exercise device and configured to exercise an upper limb of the patient.

2. The upper-limb rehabilitation robot of claim 1, wherein the finger exercise device includes:

a back-of-hand mounted part mounted on the back of the patient'"'"'s hand;

a strap configured to form a travel path on the back-of-hand mounted part;

a finger coupling part configured to support one end portion of the strap and coupled to the finger of the patient; and

a strap actuator provided on the back-of-hand mounted part and configured to wind or unwind the strap supported on the finger coupling part.

3. The upper-limb rehabilitation robot of claim 2, wherein the strap actuator includes:

a strap winding roller around which the strap is wound or from which the strap is unwound; and

a strap drive motor configured to rotate the strap winding roller forward or backward.

4. The upper-limb rehabilitation robot of claim 2, further comprising:

a strap guide roller provided on the travel path of the strap and configured to guide a movement of the strap.

5. The upper-limb rehabilitation robot of claim 1, wherein the wrist exercise device includes:

a wrist mounting part on which the wrist is mounted; and

a track provided along a rotational path of the wrist and configured to guide rotational motion of the wrist mounting part.

6. The upper-limb rehabilitation robot of claim 5, further comprising:

a roller connected with the wrist mounting part and provided in the track so as to be movable while rolling along the track by the rotational motion of the wrist mounting part.

7. The upper-limb rehabilitation robot of claim 1, wherein the upper-limb exercise device includes:

an elbow mounting part on which an elbow is mounted; and

a lifting operation part configured to operate depending on lifting motion of the upper limb mounted on the elbow mounting part.

8. The upper-limb rehabilitation robot of claim 7, wherein the lifting operation part includes:

a first joint link pivotally hinged to the elbow mounting part;

a second joint link pivotally hinged to the first joint link;

a pivot joint pivotally hinged to the first joint link and the second joint link; and

a pivot motion part configured to allow the first joint link, the second joint link, and the pivot joint to pivot depending on the lifting motion of the upper limb mounted on the elbow mounting part.

9. The upper-limb rehabilitation robot of claim 8, wherein the pivot motion part includes:

a spring having one end portion supported by the first joint link, the spring being configured to be compressed or stretched;

a first wire pulley provided in the first joint link so as to be spaced apart from the spring;

a second wire pulley provided in a portion where the first joint link is hinged to one end portion of the second joint link;

a third wire pulley provided in the pivot joint;

a fourth wire pulley provided in an opposite end portion of the second joint link; and

a wire having a predetermined length and including one end portion supported by an opposite end portion of the spring and an opposite end portion supported by the fourth wire pulley, wherein the wire passes over the first wire pulley, the second wire pulley, and the third wire pulley.

10. The upper-limb rehabilitation robot of claim 8, wherein the upper-limb exercise device further includes:

a left/right operation part configured to operate depending on a left/right movement of the upper limb.

11. The upper-limb rehabilitation robot of claim 10, wherein the left/right operation part includes:

a pair of arms configured to be movable toward or away from each other; and

a bracket pivotally hinged to facing end portions of the pair of arms to correspond to the left/right movement of the upper limb, and

wherein one of the pair of arms is hinged to the pivot joint.