Description

COSaver Back is an industrial lifting-assist suit designed for the torso/back region, for users who repeatedly handle heavy objects or work in bent postures. Recommended use cases on the product page include factories, farms, logistics warehouses, large retail environments, home lifting, and nursing/care settings where workers lift or reposition patients.

The support mechanism adjusts assistance based on the user’s bending angle via gas springs, and the product page describes the system as non-powered. Cosmo Robotics also lists adjustable sizing, a structure with shoulder, thigh, and hip blocks, and a manufacturer’s claim that lifting with the suit lowers erector spinae and biceps femoris muscle activity.

Characteristics: 

• Weight of Device: 3 kg (6.6 lb).
• Reduction of the load on muscles and spine. Lowers erector spinae and biceps femoris activity during lifting, and listed support figure of 157 N (35.3 lbf; stated as 16 kgf).

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