Patent ID: 8568343

Claim:
An apparatus for mobilization of the body comprising a platform which is movable in relation to a chassis and which is designed to support a subject who is to be treated in a standing position, wherein the platform is connected to the chassis by a double pivot connection, and wherein the platform is driven in an oscillating movement in relation to an axis passing substantially through a centre of said platform, by means of actuators which are each connected by respective pivot connections to a single shaft connected to said platform, said actuators themselves being articulated on the chassis; wherein the platform is articulated on a rigid upper frame or armature, defining a first substantially horizontal axis of articulation, said upper frame itself being articulated on a rigid armature along a second substantially horizontal axis of articulation perpendicular to said first axis of articulation, said rigid armature being integral with the chassis; and wherein the platform is provided with a central axis or arm, extending perpendicularly in relation to the plane that it defines, and in that the actuators which are two in number, are connected to a free end of said shaft by means of a cardan coupling, said actuators having a substantially perpendicular direction in relation to one another.