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

Claim 15:
16. A soft wearable muscle assisting device according to claim 1 configured to assist a user in moving at least one leg or part of one leg in at least one of walking, standing, getting up from a sitting position and sitting down, climbing a flight of stairs, descending a flight of stairs, the device further comprising:
a sensor arrangement configured to generate at least one signal indicative of at least one of:
an angle of a joint present between a first body part and a second body part;
a change in an angle of a joint present between the first and the second body part;
an absolute movement of the first body part;
a movement of the first body part relative to the second body part;
a position of the first body part; and
a pressure on a part of the body relatable to at least one of the movement of the first body part and a position of the first body part for each of the legs of the user; and the at least one actively powered element being an actuator for the at least one leg; and an actuator control configured to actuate the actuator for the at least one leg in response to signals derived from both of the at least one leg and a second leg of the user.