Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft Zur Foerderung Der Angewandten Forschung E.v.

The United States Government as Represented by the Department of Veterans Affairs

Karl Koester

Andrew H Hansen

Eric A Nickel

Urs Schneider

John E Ferguson

Stuart Richard Fairhurst

Sara Koehler-Mcnicholas

Felix Starker

Ellankavi Ramasamy

Spencer Mion

Kyle Barrons

Breathable residual-limb system that admits air and allows sweat to evaporate from the surface of the residual limb. In an embodiment, the system comprises a liner sock to be worn on the residual limb, and comprising air-permeable textile forming a substantially cylindrical portion that is closed on a distal end and open on a proximal end and comprising an internal surface and an external surface. The liner sock further comprises a friction-interface material that covers only a portion of the internal surface of the air-permeable textile, such that, when worn on the residual limb, the friction-interface material contacts a surface of the residual limb, and an uncovered portion of the air-permeable textile which the friction-interface material does not cover allows air to pass between an external environment of the liner sock and the surface of the residual limb.

Breathable residual-limb socket system

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Minneapolis, MN, United States of America

Karl Koester