Ottobock Se & Co. Kgaaß

Otto Bock Healthcare Gmbh

Georg Gehrmann

Sven Kaltenborn

Martin Pusch

Luder Mosler

Lüder Mosler

Christian Will

Herman Boiten

Carsten Monicke

Miclas Schwartz

Carsten Moenicke

Leonard Vier

Hannes Krenz

Torsten Parth

Jessica Gabriela Beltran Ullauri

Nils Benstem

Viktor Gerhard HÖRIG

Sven Kaltenborg

Carsten MÖNICKE

A foot prosthesis having a lower-leg connection part, a foot part, a connecting element with a joint function which connects the lower-leg connection part to the foot part, and a release device, which controls movement of the foot part in relation to the lower-leg connection part. The release device includes an inhibiting device that is designed in such a way that a dorsal extension motion of the foot part in relation to the lower-leg connection part in an angular range from a maximal plantar flexion position to a zero position is inhibited less intensely than a dorsal extension motion of the foot part from the zero position.

Foot prosthesis

A prosthesis with a lower limb attachment part, a foot part, a connection element with a joint function that connects the lower limb attachment part with the foot part, and a release device which can be brought into a locking position in which the foot part and the lower limb attachment part are connected to each other in a rotationally fixed manner at least relative to a dorsal extension movement, and into a release position in which the foot part can be rotated relative to the lower limb attachment part. The release device is designed to passively switch from the locking position into the release position when a variable which correlates to an ankle torque (M) in the connection element lies above a pre-set threshold.

Prosthesis with a passive release device

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Gottingen, Germany

Georg Gehrmann