Patent ID: 11883343
Assignee: ETH ZURICH
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 10:
11. The soft wearable muscle assisting device according to claim 1, wherein at least one of:
the body interface comprises a plurality of layers configured to change an overall stiffness of a part of the soft wearable muscle assisting device;
the body interface comprises a plurality of layers configured to account for a change of muscle volume during muscle activation;
the plurality of layers of the body interface is configured to layer jam;
the plurality of layers of the body interface comprises inlets for layer jamming;
the body interface comprises multiple constringent elements configured to tighten automatically;
the body interface comprises multiple constringent elements perpendicular to a tendon of an active component and configured to tighten automatically; and
the body interface comprises a semi rigid anisotropic plate to transform shear forces to normal forces.