FlexCVA: A continuously variable actuator for active orthotics

Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology - Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 2425-2428

  Horst, Robert W ^a,b   Marcus, Richard R ^b  

^a IEEE

^b NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FREE MOVEMENT MODE; ORTHOTIC DEVICES; OUTPUT TORQUE;

BIOMEDICAL EQUIPMENT; DEFLECTION (STRUCTURES); ORTHOTICS; TORQUE;

ACTUATORS;

ARTICLE; BIOMIMETICS; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; ORTHOSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; POWER SUPPLY; ROBOTICS; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

BIOMIMETICS; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; ORTHOTIC DEVICES; ROBOTICS;

EID: 34047135733     PISSN: 05891019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IEMBS.2006.259950     Document Type: Conference Paper

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