Patent ID: 11938081
Assignee: nan
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A  B | IPC A  B

Claim 0:
1. An assistive system comprising:
(a) an article configured to be worn by a user, comprising one or more sheets of actuating elements that change properties responsive to the supply of energy, which sheet or sheets are mounted with each other and shaped to substantially conform to at least a portion of the user's body;
(b) a control system in communication with the article, and configured to supply energy to sheet or sheets such that the responsive change in the properties of the sheet or sheets augment, resist, or a combination thereof, motion or force of the user;
(c) further comprising one or more sensors embedded in or mounted to the article, wherein the control system is responsive to the sensors; and
(d) further comprising an imaging system configured to capture images of a workspace in which the user is moving, and
wherein the control system is configured to encourage motion of the user to a predetermined location in the workspace; wherein the workspace comprises a surgical field, and
wherein the imaging system is further configured to determine the predetermined location as a location in the surgical field correlated with images of a patient previously acquired.