Otto Bock Healthcare Gmbh

Siegmar Blumentritt

Lueder Mosler

Thilo Bein

Karl-Heinz Klingebiel

Juergen Nuffer

Walter Hollaschke

The invention relates to an orthopedic appliance which is designed to support the weight of a patient and comprises a power supply device for an electrical consumer. The aim of the invention is to be able to convert the kinetic energy introduced into the appliance into electrical energy. To this end, the power supply device comprises a stack () of piezoelectric ceramic elements, and the force of the weight is introduced into the stack () by means of a force transmission system.

Orthopedic appliance

A measurement device with a support plate () mounted on measurement cells, and with a display device for displaying a force action line () for a person standing on bearing surfaces () of the support plate (), permits monitoring of the force action line during a correction or optimization of the position of the person standing on the support plate () by virtue of the fact that lifting devices () are arranged underneath the bearing surfaces () and above the support plate ().

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Boesinghausen, Germany

Siegmar Blumentritt