Patent ID: 11918534
Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A  G | IPC A  G

Claim 5:
6. An optimum elastic strength calculating method comprising:
preliminarily storing, in a storage unit, an elastic strength and kinematic property which is obtained through experiments in a state where an elastic orthotic device for assisting an action of an orthotics user is worn on bodies of a plurality of people; and
calculating, by an optimization problem processing unit, an optimum elastic strength of the elastic orthotic device based on a predetermined evaluation index using a kinematic constraint condition of the orthotics user and the elastic strength and kinematic property,
wherein the elastic strength and kinematic property comprises a predictive value of a walking speed, a predictive value of a maximum bending angle of a joint, a predictive value of a maximum extension angle of the joint, a predictive value of a maximum joint moment of the joint, and a predictive value of a maximum muscle activity amount of a muscle which are obtained through the experiments in the state where the elastic orthotic device is worn on the bodies of the plurality of people.