Patent ID: 11877978
Assignee: REHABILITATION INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. A system for physical rehabilitation, comprising:
a plurality of motors configured to be coupled to a ceiling;
a plurality of cable portions, wherein each cable portion is connected at a first end to a motor and connected at a second end to a connector element, wherein the connector element is for attaching to a patient;
a controller in operative communication with the plurality of motors to move the connector element in relation to a staircase; and
one or more tracking devices configured to track kinematics of the patient as the patient moves along the staircase, wherein the one or more tracking devices include a first tracking device that moves with the patient as the patient moves along the staircase and one or more second tracking devices configured to identify a location of the first tracking device that moves with the patient and track kinematics of the patient based on the identified location of the first tracking device, and
wherein the controller is configured to adjust one or both of i) position and ii) speed of the connector element based on the tracked kinematics of the patient tracked by the one or more tracking devices as the patient moves along the staircase.