Digital logic controlled electromechanical long leg brace

Steven E. Irby; Kenton R. Kaufman

Digital logic controlled electromechanical long leg brace

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A self contained electronically controlled brace system has been designed to provide complete stability in stance phase, yet permitting unhampered knee movements in swing phase. A wrap spring clutch was selected to control knee flexion consisting of a pair of unmatched diameter clutch arbors, a close-wound helical spring, and a control collar. Optimization results showed that the arbor length reached minimum at a radial interference of 0.127 mm. Motion data indicated that the activated, or free, brace allowed nearly normal knee flexion during swing while providing flexion restraint during stance.

Original language	English (US)
Pages	127-128
Number of pages	2
State	Published - Dec 1 1995
Event	Proceedings of the 1995 ASME International Mechanical Congress and Exposition - San Francisco, CA, USA Duration: Nov 12 1995 → Nov 17 1995

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Other	Proceedings of the 1995 ASME International Mechanical Congress and Exposition
City	San Francisco, CA, USA
Period	11/12/95 → 11/17/95

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