STRENGTHENING GLOVE

摘要

A finger glove for use in strengthening a gripping movement of a human hand enclosed in the glove, wherein the glove has a palm, glove fingers (4a-4c) on each side containing an artificial tendon (Ia-Ic) extending along the inside of the glove, a yoke (6a-6c) fitted in the tip of the glove fingers intended to surround the tip of an enclosed finger, at each side of said glove finger artificial tendons (Ia-Ic) connected to said yoke, a force detecting sensor (12a-12c) adapted to detect a force between a finger enclosed in the glove finger and a contact surface applied to said finger, the artificial tendons for a glove finger being connected to at least one actuator (10a- 10c) and a control unit (19) causing said actuator to exert a pulling force on the. artificial tendons of the glove finger on the basis of a force detected in the force detecting sensor, whereby the finger enclosed in the glove finger is caused to bend.