Otto Bock Healthcare Gmbh

Ottobock Se & Co. Kgaaß

Otto Bock Healthcare Products Gmbh

Erik Albrecht-Laatsch

Holger Reinhardt

Martin Pusch

Arno Mecklenburg

Matthias Schilling

Lüder Mosler

Olaf Kroll-Orywahl

Christian Will

Marcus Eder

Lars Benjamin Finke

Michael Nolte

André Müller

Jonas Bornmann

Alexander Pappe

Luis Sagmeister

Sebastian Betz

Robert Kaitan

Andreas Schramel

Thomas Pauser

Robert Hoffmann

Andreas Weigl-Pollack

Ralf Carstens

Jens Northemann

Karl-Heinz Klingebiel

Tanja Hahn

Daniel Matejcek

Filip Szufnarowski

Thilo Bielefeld

Hendryk Engelbart

Jens Drieseberg

Christoph Bartels-Sellering

Andreas Wüstefeld

Malte Bellmann

Martin Schmidt

Christopher Bartels-Sellering

Jens Nörthemann

A supply system for at least one orthopedic technology component, which has at least one electronic and/or electrical device and has a supply connection and/or a radio device for receiving data and/or electrical energy. The supply system also includes a holder for the orthopedic technology component, which has a supply device, and which is compatible with the supply connection and/or the radio device, for supplying the orthopedic technology component with data and/or energy. The invention further relates to a system consisting of a supply system and an orthopedic technology device, and to a method for supplying the system with data and/or energy.

Supply system for orthopedic technology components and method

The invention relates to a method for controlling an artificial orthotic or prosthetic knee joint, on which a lower leg component is arranged and which is assigned a resistance device having at least one actuator, by means of which the bending resistance is modified depending on sensor data that is determined during use of the orthotic or prosthetic knee joint by means of a sensor, wherein the absolute angle of the lower leg component is determined exclusively by means of at least one inertial sensor, the angle determined is compared with at least one threshold value, and the bending resistance is modified when the threshold value is reached.

Method for controlling an artificial orthotic or prosthetic knee joint

A method for distributing a limited amount of electrical power from an energy source to a plurality of electrical loads includes sensing and/or encoding the available electrical power of the energy source, monitoring a power balance of the loads by sensing and/or encoding the drawn power in the individual loads, and reducing the drawn power in the loads if the available power is not sufficient for supplying all the loads with the required power.

Method for distributing a limited amount of electrical power from an energy source

An electromagnetic locking element for locking a joint orthosis or joint prosthesis such as a knee orthosis or knee prosthesis. The electromagnetic locking element includes a bistable solenoid with at least one coil and at least one permanent magnet, a pin, which can be retracted and extended with the aid of the solenoid for locking the joint, one or several electrical energy stores such as capacitors, and an electrical control system, which, with the aid of semiconductor switches, discharges the energy store or stores via the at least one coil of the solenoid in such a way that the pin is extended.

Electromagnetic locking element for a joint orthosis or a joint prosthesis

A bandage having at least one support element and at least two electrodes that are spaced apart from one another, characterized in that at least two pads that are finable with a fluid are arranged on the at least one support element, and at least one electrode is fastened to each pad, wherein the at least two pads are connected to each other via at least one fluid connection in such a manner that an internal pressure compensation can take place between at least two of the pads.

Bandage and electrode system

An orthopedic device includes two components that are configured to be movable relative to on another (e.g., longitudinally translatable, pivotable, etc.). The relative movement of the two components is transmitted as unidirectional mechanical energy by means of a transmitting mechanism which includes an energy accumulator connected to a generator. The mechanical energy is thereby converted to electric power.

Orthopedic device

The invention relates to an orthopedic technical device for the lower extremities, with at least one receptacle () for an extremity (), a sensor () and an electric evaluating unit (), which is connected with the sensor () for processing data of a sensor (). According to the invention, it is proposed that the electric evaluating unit () be set up in order to carry out a method with the following steps: (i) switching into a learning mode, (ii) determining at least one characteristic value of the system (R, S, N, a), (iii) storing the characteristic value of the system (R, S, N, a), (iv) switching into an operating method and (v), in the operating mode, influencing, optimizing or selecting a control algorithm of the orthopedic device by means of the characteristic value of the system (R, S, N, a).

Orthopedic technical device

An orthopedic device is provided which comprises two components that are mounted so as to be pivotable relative to one another. The relative movement of the two components is transmitted as unidirectional mechanical energy by means of a transmitting mechanism which includes an energy accumulator connected to a generator. The mechanical energy is thereby converted to electric power.

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Rosdorf, Germany

Erik Albrecht-Laatsch