Long-term Care Tech Portal

Definition of priority areas
(items for development)

Wearable transfer aids

Among wearable type devices that perform power assistance for caregivers using a robot technology, those with the following features are subject to intensive development as a wearable type lifting aid device.

Definitions

A caregiver wears the device to alleviate a burden on his/her waist at the time of lifting aids.
Detachable/attachable by a caregiver alone.
Applicable to lifting between a bed, wheelchair and toilet bowl.

Product / Projects Adopted	Company name	Status
Lumbar Assistance Suit Equipped with “Pneumuscle,” a Pneumatic Artificial Muscle　“Assist Lumbar”	Koganei Corporation	Launched
Muscle Suit GS-BACK®	INNOPHYS Co.,Ltd.	Launched
Portable backpack type lifting aid equipment	TOSHIBA CORPORATION	Development Discontinued
HAL for Care Support (Lumbar Type)	CYBERDYNE,Inc.	Launched
Muscle Suit for Nursing Care	Kikuchi Seisakusho Co., Ltd.	Launched
Power Assist Suit (Waist Support)	Japan Art Co., Ltd., LLP Atom Project, Sagami Robot Industry Agency	Under Development
Development of Enhance-able Simple Power Assisting Suit: “Smart Suit EX”	Smart Support Technologies, Inc	Under Development

Product / Projects Adopted
Launched Muscle Suit GS-BACK® Company name INNOPHYS Co.,Ltd.
Development Discontinued Portable backpack type lifting aid equipment Company name TOSHIBA CORPORATION
Launched HAL for Care Support (Lumbar Type) Company name CYBERDYNE,Inc.
Launched Muscle Suit for Nursing Care Company name Kikuchi Seisakusho Co., Ltd.
Under Development Power Assist Suit (Waist Support) Company name Japan Art Co., Ltd., LLP Atom Project, Sagami Robot Industry Agency
Under Development Development of Enhance-able Simple Power Assisting Suit: “Smart Suit EX” Company name Smart Support Technologies, Inc

Source
Research Basic Plan of the Project to Promote the Development and Introduction of Robotic Devices for Nursing Care (Development Subsidies ), METI, on October 2017