Patent ID: 9295606
Filing Date: 2016-03-29
CPC Classification: A61H,A63C

Claim Text:
1. A system for gait training and promoting a human gait cycle including portions of a stance phase and a swing phase for hemiparetic subjects, comprising: (1) a roll-able height-adjustable platform capable of at least forward movement having a top side shaped and sized for placement and attachment thereto of plural sizes of a human foot belonging to an involved leg wherein the top side of the roll-able height-adjustable platform includes a foot contacting region delimited in area by bounds of a plantar aspect of a foot when placed thereon; (2) a passive braking means activated by a cyclic shifting of the hemiparetic subject's body weight from a first side of the hemiparetic subject's body to a second side of the hemiparetic subject's body, in which at least one anti-skid member below the roll-able height-adjustable platform is configured to move automatically downward into contact with a floor surface to arrest the swing phase of the involved leg by immobilizing the roll-able height-adjustable platform whenever weight of the hemiparetic subject's involved leg is applied to the roll-able height-adjustable platform without requiring tilting of the roll-able height adjustable platform; and, (3) wheel assemblies attached to a periphery of the roll-able height-adjustable platform beyond the foot contacting region with portions of the wheel assemblies superior to the foot contacting region, and wherein height of the roll-able height-adjustable platform is adjusted by raising or lowering wheels.