Ottobock Se & Co. Kgaaß

Otto Bock Healthcare Gmbh

Georg-august-universitat Gottingen Stiftung Offentlichen Rechts

Georg-august-universitat Gottingen Stiftung Offentlichen Rechts, Universitatsmedizin

Georg-august-universität Göttingen

Bernhard Graimann

Dario Farina

Lüder Mosler

Mario Koppe

Dejan Popovic

Heiko Glindemann

Sebastian Amsüss

Marko Markovic

Strahinja Dosen

Sebastian Amsuss

An orthopedic device with a base body for applying to a body part of a wearer, and at least one electrode for transcutaneously transmitting electrical signals. The at least one electrode features an electrically conductive textile and an electrically conductive polymer, wherein the electrically conductive textile is partially penetrated by the electrically inductive polymer and arranged in such a way that it comes into contact with the body part when the base body is applied.

Orthopedic device

A method of operating a multi-functional limb movement auxiliary device comprising a plurality of actuators configured to move, upon activation, limb movement auxiliary device members in at least two independent degrees of freedom, a bio-signal sensing unit that is configured to acquire bio-signals indicative of motor activity, a control unit configured to receive and evaluate the acquired bio-signals, the method comprising steps of

Powered, multi-functional limb movement auxiliary device, particularly prosthesis and movement-assisting orthosis, with combined estimation regimes

A device with a wall () designed to tightly enclose a body part is made of an electrically non-conductive material () and has a shape adapted to the body part or adapting thereto as a result of the elasticity of the wall, wherein an inner face () of the wall () comes to bear on the skin () of the body part, and the inner face () is provided with at least one electrically conductive portion () which, in order to transmit electrical signals from or to the skin () of the body part, is arranged all the way through the electrically non-conductive material () of the wall (), permits reliable transmission of electrical signals with a simple design of the liner, by virtue of the fact the electrically conductive portion () is covered by the electrically non-conductive material () and is connected to at least one conductor (') passing through the electrically non-conductive material ().

Device with a wall designed to tightly enclose a body part

The invention refers to the area of control of a limb device in the form of an artificial limb for a human or a robot limb. In particular, the invention is related to a control unit for electrically controlling an electrically controllable limb device, the limb device comprising a plurality of actuators, the control unit comprising a first interface for connecting the control unit to the limb device, the control unit comprising a second interface for connecting the control unit to a data gathering device comprising one or more sensing devices, the control unit comprising a processing unit which is arranged for controlling the limb device at least based on data gathered by the data gathering device, wherein the control unit is arranged for outputting one single control action step to the actuators of the limb device calculated by the processing unit based on a first data or data combination received from the data gathering device, and the control unit is arranged for outputting a plurality of control action steps to the actuators of the limb device calculated by the processing unit based on a second data or data combination received from the data gathering device, the second data or data combination being different from the first data or data combination, the plurality of control action steps inducing a more complex automatic movement of the limb device that the one single control action step. The invention further refers to a system comprising such a control unit, a method for controlling an electrically controllable limb device and a computer program.

Control of limb device

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Obernfeld, Germany

Bernhard Graimann