Patent ID: 8029414

Claim:
A system for strengthening a gripping movement performed with at least one finger of a human hand enclosed in a glove, the system comprising: a glove comprising glove fingers, a palm, artificial tendons for at least one glove finger, the artificial tendons extending along an inside of the glove, ducts fixed to the sides of the at least one glove finger, the artificial tendons running through the ducts, and wherein the artificial tendons surround the tip of a finger enclosed in the at least one glove finger, and wherein the ducts are arranged such that the artificial tendons extend at a distance from axes of joints of a finger enclosed in the at least one glove finger, wherein the distance of the artificial tendons from the axes of the joints increases as distance to the palm decreases, whereby a pulling force exerted on the artificial tendons of the at least one glove finger bends the finger enclosed in the at least one glove finger inwards towards the palm; a force detecting sensor situated on the inside of the glove finger arranged to detect a force between a finger enclosed in the glove finger and a contact surface applied to said finger, the artificial tendons for a glove finger being connected to at least one actuator, and a control unit arranged to cause said at least one actuator to exert a pulling force on the artificial tendons of said at least one glove finger on the basis of a force detected by the force detecting sensor, whereby a finger enclosed in said at least one glove finger is caused to bend, as the enclosed finger balances pushing forces which occur along the finger from the pulling force in said artificial tendons.