Otto Bock Healthcare Products Gmbh

Clemens Mandl

Roland Auberger

Martin Seyr

Dirk Seifert

Hans Dietl

Ronald Naderer

Paolo Ferrara

Richard Skiera

Leopold Oecker

Johannis Willem Van Vliet

Florian Schausberger

A method for controlling an artificial orthotic or prosthetic knee joint, on which a lower-leg component is arranged and with which a resistance device is associated, the bending resistance (R) of which resistance device is changed in dependence on sensor data that are determined by at least one sensor during the use of the orthotic or prosthetic knee joint, wherein a linear acceleration (a) of the lower-leg component is determined, the determined linear acceleration (a) is compared with at least one threshold value, and, if a threshold value of the linear acceleration (a) of the lower-leg component is reached, the bending resistance (R) is changed.

Method for controlling an artificial orthotic or prosthetic knee joint

A method for controlling an artificial orthotic or prosthetic knee joint, on which a lower-leg component is arranged and with which a resistance device is associated, the bending resistance of which resistance device is changed in dependence on sensor data that are determined by at least one sensor during the use of the orthotic or prosthetic knee joint, wherein a linear acceleration of the lower-leg component is determined, the determined linear acceleration is compared with at least one threshold value, and, if a threshold value of the linear acceleration of the lower-leg component is reached, the bending resistance is changed.

An artificial finger for prosthetics and gripping technology, with a base, a first finger member mounted on the base in articulated manner, at least one secondary member mounted on the first finger member in articulated manner, and a drive for adjusting the secondary member relative to the first finger member and the first finger member relative to the base. At least one reset element is provided for resetting the first finger member and the secondary member, and the first finger member is acted upon with a resetting force which differs from the secondary member.

Artificial finger

A method for controlling an artificial orthotic or prosthetic knee joint, on which a lower-leg component is arranged and with which a resistance device is associated, the bending resistance (R) of which resistance device is changed in dependence on sensor data that are determined by means of at least one sensor during the use of the orthotic or prosthetic knee joint, wherein a linear acceleration (a) of the lower-leg component is determined, the determined linear acceleration (a) is compared with at least one threshold value, and, if a threshold value of the linear acceleration (a) of the lower-leg component is reached, the bending resistance (R) is changed.

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