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Otto Bock Healthcare Gmbh

Otto Bock Healthcare IP Gmbh & Co. Kg.

Adam Soss

Dustin Jacob Bouch

Randall D Alley

David F Ackley

Devices, systems, and methods relating to a valve that may be used with a prosthesis attachment include a valve assembly that includes a spring loaded insert portion and a base portion that interfaces to lock and unlock by depressing the spring loaded insert portion.

Valve for prosthesis attachment

A valve assembly having a threadless base and a removable threadless insert that separately contains a check valve piece. The check valve piece is resiliently supported to abut a seal fitted to the insert. In one assembly, a pair of resiliently biased latch arms restrain the insert to the base. Flanges at the latch arms are resiliently biased to flex and grip the base as the insert is pushed into the base. Insert removal is effected with the release and lifting of the latch arms. In another assembly, the insert is magnetically coupled to the base and a resiliently biased check valve piece and setscrew adjuster regulates flow pressure.

Explusion valve assembly

A valve assembly having a base and a removable latched insert that separately contains a valve piece. The valve piece is resiliently supported to abut a seal fitted to the insert. The insert is restrained to the base with a pair of resiliently biased latch arms that radiate from the insert. Flanges at the latch arms are resiliently biased to flex and grip the base as the insert is pushed into the base. Insert removal is effected with the release of the latch arms and a lifting of the latch arms.

Latched valve assembly

A prosthetic leg having a knee joint assembly that includes a plunger-activated, three-chamber cylinder body, a control valve, a control valve actuator, a pylon shaft and artificial foot. The knee joint assembly rotates in a single axis and provides two-stage hydraulic gait control and shock absorption relative to two spring-biased pistons. A cam linkage and actuator valve having a moveable piston and piston chamber responds to knee flexion and switches fluid flow at the control valve and cylinder between a &ldquo;soft&rdquo; spring and a &ldquo;hard&rdquo; spring to provide two levels of adjustable control to stabilize the user. Alternative microprocessor directed electronic and hydraulic controllers are also disclosed that can be adapted to a knee assembly to sense myoelectric activity and rotation, strain, and/or linear movement of the prosthesis.

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Winnetka, CA, United States of America

Adam Soss