Patent ID: 8308618

Claim:
A treadmill for providing walking rehabilitation to a rehabilitee, comprising: a base including a belt; and a walking rehabilitation device interconnected with the base, the walking rehabilitation device comprising: a user engagement structure extending at least partially above the belt and being configured to be removably secured to one or more locations of a rehabilitee's lower extremities; a plurality of interconnected drive systems coupled to the user engagement structure, the plurality of drive systems including at least a first drive system and a second drive system, the first drive system controlling the rehabilitee's motion in a first direction and moving the second drive system along a first axis, the second drive system controlling the rehabilitee's motion in a second direction; and one or more motors coupled to and driving the plurality of drive systems; wherein motion from the plurality of drive systems is transferred to the rehabilitee by the user engagement structure, allowing the rehabilitee to walk along the belt, and the second drive system moves the second drive system relative to the first drive system along a second axis, and wherein the first direction is parallel to the first axis, and the second direction is parallel to the second axis.