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US 12,447,090 · App. 17/069,407 · Granted Oct 21, 2025

Orthosis systems and rehabilitation of impaired body parts

Inventors: Kern Bhugra (Santa Cruz, CA); August Anderson (Santa Cruz, CA)
Assignee: Neurolutions, Inc.
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Patent No.
US 12,447,090
App. No.
17/069,407
Granted
Oct 21, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An orthosis device for a subject and a rehabilitation system including the orthosis device includes a main housing assembly configured to be worn on an upper extremity of the subject and comprising a motor mechanism configured to actuate movement of at least one finger of the subject. A finger interface assembly is connected to the main housing assembly and configured to be secured to at least one finger of the subject and to induce, as actuated by the motor mechanism, flexion and extension motion of the at least one secured finger. The orthosis device is configured to leave unsecured to the orthosis device at least one finger that is not the at least one finger secured to the finger stay assembly.

Claims (31)

1. An orthosis device for a subject, comprising:

a main housing assembly configured to be worn on a hand and a forearm of the subject, the main housing assembly comprising a motor mechanism; and

a finger interface assembly connected to the main housing assembly and configured to be secured to at least one finger of the hand and to induce, as actuated by the motor mechanism, flexion and extension motion of the at least one finger, the finger interface assembly comprising a bottom shell, a top shell, and an opening disposed between the bottom shell and the top shell and sized to receive two fingers of the hand, wherein each of the top shell and the bottom shell has a grooved, interior surface;

wherein the orthosis device is configured to leave unsecured to the orthosis device at least two fingers of the hand while the orthosis device induces the flexion and extension motion of the at least one finger secured to the finger interface assembly,

wherein the finger interface assembly extends to a tip of the at least one finger while the orthosis device is used by the subject, and

wherein each of the top shell and the bottom shell of the finger interface assembly extends from a location between a knuckle and a first joint of the subject to the tip of the at least one finger while the orthosis device is used by the subject.

2. The orthosis device of claim 1 , further comprising a thumb interface assembly configured to maintain a thumb of the subject in an extended position.

3. The orthosis device of claim 1 , wherein the finger interface assembly is configured to be secured to an index finger and a middle finger of the subject.

4. The orthosis device of claim 1 , wherein the finger interface assembly, in response to flexion and extension motion of the at least one finger, is configured to slide longitudinally along an axis along a length of the at least one finger in relation to a remainder of the orthosis device.

5. The orthosis device of claim 4 , wherein the finger interface assembly comprises a sleeve bearing at an upper surface of the finger interface assembly, the sleeve bearing configured to mate with a corresponding sleeve carriage of a separate portion of the orthosis device such that the sleeve bearing slides along the sleeve carriage.

6. The orthosis device of claim 5 , wherein the sleeve bearing comprises a generally flat rectangular bottom plate and a plurality of rails extending upward from the bottom plate, the plurality of rails configured to mate with the sleeve carriage.

7. The orthosis device of claim 1 , wherein the finger interface assembly comprises a finger stay foam pad configured to contact the at least one finger of the subject.

8. The orthosis device of claim 1 , wherein the finger interface assembly has at least one strap opening configured to receive at least one strap for securing the finger interface assembly to the at least one finger.

9. The orthosis device of claim 1 , wherein a longitudinal axis of the finger interface assembly is aligned with a longitudinal axis of the main housing assembly.

10. The orthosis device of claim 1 , wherein the finger interface assembly comprises an open distal end that extends beyond the tip of the at least one finger while the orthosis device is used by the subject.

11. A rehabilitation system for a subject, comprising:

a brain signal acquisition device configured to collect brain signals from the subject; and

an orthosis device comprising:

a main housing assembly configured to be worn on a hand and a forearm of the subject, the main housing assembly comprising a motor mechanism; and

a finger interface assembly connected to the main housing assembly and configured to be secured to at least one finger of the hand and to induce, as actuated by the motor mechanism, flexion and extension motion of the at least one finger, the finger interface assembly comprising a bottom shell, a top shell, and an opening between the bottom shell and the top shell and sized to receive two fingers of the hand, wherein each of the top shell and the bottom shell has a grooved, interior surface;

wherein the orthosis device is configured to leave unsecured to the orthosis device at least two fingers of the hand while the orthosis device induces the flexion and extension motion of the at least one finger secured to the finger interface assembly,

wherein the finger interface assembly extends to a tip of the at least one finger while the orthosis device is used by the subject, and

wherein each of the top shell and the bottom shell of the finger interface assembly extends from a location between a knuckle and a first joint of the subject to the tip of the at least one finger while the orthosis device is used by the subject.

12. The rehabilitation system of claim 11 , further comprising a thumb interface assembly configured to maintain a thumb of the subject in an extended position.

13. The rehabilitation system of claim 11 , wherein the finger interface assembly is configured to be secured to only two fingers of the subject.

14. The rehabilitation system of claim 13 , wherein the finger interface assembly is configured to be secured to an index finger and a middle finger of the subject.

15. The rehabilitation system of claim 11 , wherein the finger interface assembly, in response to flexion and extension motion of the at least one finger, is configured to slide longitudinally along an axis along a length of the at least one finger in relation to a remainder of the orthosis device.

16. The rehabilitation system of claim 15 , wherein the finger interface assembly comprises a sleeve bearing at an upper surface of the finger interface assembly, the sleeve bearing configured to mate with a corresponding sleeve carriage of a separate portion of the orthosis device such that the sleeve bearing slides along the sleeve carriage.

17. The rehabilitation system of claim 16 , wherein the sleeve bearing comprises a generally flat rectangular bottom plate and a plurality of rails extending upward from the bottom plate, the plurality of rails configured to mate with the sleeve carriage.

18. The rehabilitation system of claim 11 , wherein the finger interface assembly comprises a finger stay foam pad configured to contact the at least one finger of the subject.

19. The rehabilitation system of claim 11 , wherein the finger interface assembly has at least one strap opening configured to receive at least one strap for securing the finger interface assembly to the at least one finger.

Assignments (2)
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Nov 19, 2025
From: KANDU, INC.; KANDU HEALTH, INC.; NEUROLUTIONS, INC.
To: ANKURA TRUST COMPANY, LLC, AS COLLATERAL TRUSTEE
Reel/Frame 072963/0620 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 4, 2021
From: BHUGRA, KERN; ANDERSON, AUGUST
To: NEUROLUTIONS, INC.
Reel/Frame 058018/0235 →
Continuity (3)
Continuation 17068426 · Oct 12, 2020
Provisional Application 62914162 · Oct 11, 2019
Related Publication 20210106489A1 · Apr 15, 2021
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