| Summary: | 碩士 === 國立臺灣科技大學 === 專利研究所 === 105 === Along with the trend of aging society within these years, spur various countries on to improve the level of importance in assistive devices. Considering assistive for personal mobility and a lower risk of falling is the basic need for elderly people. Therefore, this research aims to conduct patent analysis in walking aids manipulated by both arms. Moreover, in order to familiarize the general patent trend of walking aids manipulated by both arms enable to assist Taiwanese assistive device manufacturers to proceed the reference of product research, to escalate physiatrist to master the new product and technical.
This research is based on data acquired from patent database of USPTO. The overall development trend includes the analysis of application, countries, assignees, legal status and patent family and so on. In order to understand the degree of competition, technology strength and the strategy of patent application. As for the technology development trend involves the whole, recent years, Taiwan and invalid analysis of technology-function matrix. In order to discuss technology development of popular domains and white spaces.
The results of analysis are as follows: (1) there is an increase trend in the research and development of walking aids manipulated by both arms. The leading country is United States, the following countries are Canada and Taiwan. (2) international companies are already entered Taiwan market. Moreover, high technology strength international companies include Evolution Technologies, Drive Medical and Invacare. (3) The core development items of walking aids manipulated by both arms is portable folding function. Power drive system is concerned as research and development items within five years. (4) Taiwanese research and development item majorly focus on break system and improvement of break system in order to strengthen structure, increase operational safety and simplify operational efficacy. (5) Taiwan does not develop technology-function items such as low risk of infringement of paten right include 35 items. In addition, there are 19 items need to actively expand in new technology-function items.
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