| 摘要 |
When the joint movement assist device according to the present invention is worn on a hand, and a first bellows (231) is expanded or contracted, a second thumb metacarpal scaffold member (212) rotates with respect to a first thumb metacarpal scaffold member (211A), about an axis of rotation which is a first axis that is "one joint axis" of a biaxial saddle joint. An elastic member (251) elastically restrains the part of the first bellows (231) that faces the carpometacarpal joint of the thumb so as to allow expansion and contraction between the portions connected to the carpometacarpal joint of the thumb, and as to enable the distance between one end section of the first thumb metacarpal scaffold member (211A) and one end section of the second thumb metacarpal scaffold member (212) to change smoothly. The expansion and contraction of a second bellows (232a) causes a third thumb metacarpal scaffold member (213) to rotate with respect to the second thumb metacarpal scaffold member (212), about a central axis which is a second axial member (AX2) that perpendicularly intersects the first axis. Thus, appropriate assistance can be provided for joint movements similar to the joint movements of the hand of a healthy person. |
