Patent ID: 7938756

Claim:
A user operated powered mobile lifting, gait training and omnidirectional rolling apparatus for providing a user, said user is a person with complete loss of motor function in lower limbs, with ability to remotely bring said apparatus to close proximity to himself or herself and into a loading position, ingress and egress said apparatus without assistance of other persons from a floor, an elevated surface which is wider, equal or narrower than a width of the apparatus, or a wheelchair and to move in a user controlled direction in a suspended upright position without assistance of other persons, simultaneously exercising a power assisted gait training applied to feet of the user and coordinated with a power assisted translational movement of said apparatus resulting in a coordinated power assisted translational walking of said user comprising a U-shaped base for providing a main bearing structure for elements of said apparatus and an inner space to accommodate the user comprising a pair of carriages rigidly joined by a cross member and a vertical framework; a powered lifting and supporting device for lifting the user from the floor, the elevated surface or the wheelchair into the suspended upright position, supporting the user in said suspended upright position and lowering the user to the floor, the elevated surface or the wheelchair; a user suspension harness for supporting the user in the suspended upright position during operation of said apparatus; a pair of powered foot driving gait simulation devices for providing the power assisted gait training to user's feet, each comprising a foot translation mechanism, a foot slider and vertical motion device and a step length setup device; a plurality of powered steered omnidirectional wheels with brakes for providing a powered omnidirectional mobility in a controlled direction to said apparatus and restrain said apparatus in a stationary position; a plurality of powered retractable support mechanisms for providing stability of said apparatus during user ingress and egress processes; a power supply block for providing an energy for operation of said apparatus; a user operated means of control and monitoring for providing the user with a control over a remote operation of said apparatus, extracting and retracting of said powered retractable support mechanisms, lifting and lowering of said powered lifting and supporting device, coordinating movement of said powered steered omnidirectional wheels with movement of said powered foot driving devices and for monitoring, and transmitting and recording a physiological data of the user.