Otto Bock Healthcare Products Gmbh

Nstim Services Gmbh

Ottobock Se & Co. Kgaaß

Nstim Service Gmbh

Hans Dietl

Roland Auberger

Martin Seyr

Dirk Seifert

Clemens Mandl

Andreas Goppelt

Ernesto Urbano

Heinz Bröckl

Oskar Aszmann

Michael Friedrich Russold

Christian Hofer

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 device for influencing a patient's gait, comprising at least one foot lifter stimulation electrode for activating a foot lifter muscle, at least one sensor unit, at least one hip flexor stimulation electrode for activating a hip flexor muscle, and at least one control unit which is coupled to the sensor unit and the stimulation electrodes, processes sensor values from the sensor unit and, depending on the sensor values, activates at least one of the stimulation electrodes.

Device and method for influencing a patient's gait

The invention relates to a method for setting up a control, and to a control for a technical orthopedic device, and a technical orthopedic device as such. Actuations of the technical orthopedic device () are provided by means of an output device (), biomettric signals are received by sensors (), and said signals are associated with the respective actuations.

Method for setting up a control and technical orthopedic device

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 joint for lower extremities, comprising an upper part, which has mechanisms for attaching to a user, and a lower part mounted thereon in a pivotal manner about a joint axis. The lower part can be bent in from an extended position into a flexed position. A force accumulator is associated with the joint and is loaded via a force transmission mechanism through a flexing movement of the upper part relative to the lower part and supports an extension movement of the lower part relative to the upper part at least over a part of the extension movement. The force transmission device exerts a maximum moment of extension at a bending angle between 45&#xb0; to 80&#xb0;.

Artificial 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 (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.

Method for controlling an artificial orthotic or prosthetic kneejoint

The invention relates to a join mechanism of a knee orthosis or knee prosthesis, having a first part (), a second part (), which is pivotable relative to the latter, and attachment means () for securing the joint mechanism () to a user of the knee orthosis or knee prosthesis, and having a locking mechanism () with which a pivoting of the two parts () relative to each other in a flexion direction is prevented by a form-fit element () which is arranged movably on the second part () and which, in the locking state, engages with a form fit in a recess () assigned to the first part (), wherein the form-fit element () is mounted rotatably on the second part () and has a contour which, in the locked position, protrudes into the recess () and, in the released position, allows the first part () to pivot past the bearing of the form-fit element ().

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Gablitz, Austria

Hans Dietl