Otto Bock Healthcare Gmbh

Ottobock Se & Co. Kgaaß

Otto Bock Healthcare Products Gmbh

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Otto Bock Healthcare IP Gmbh & Co. Kg.

Zarling, Sven

Föllmer, Dieter

Sven Zarling

Martin Pusch

Martin Stohr

Herman Boiten

Sven Kaltenborn

Felix Ruess

Bernard Garus

Thomas Kettwig

Luder Mosler

Roland Pawlik

Dirk Seifert

Christian Will

Cornelia Hartmann

Greg Schneider

Matthias Preis

Bernhard Bischof

Thomas Kraus

Ilka Schlesiger

Philipp Kampas

Martin Seyr

Lüder Mosler

Lueder Mosler

Christian Thomas

Steffen Sawatzki

Markus Schneegans

Sandra Niederstrasser

Dirk Haase

Andreas Kruse

Joachim Schoerg

Dieter Föllmer

Martin Karstens

Joachim Schorg

Felix Reuss

Thomas Hofmann

Joachim Schörg

Esther GLÄSKER

Mathias Preis

Chistian Will

The invention relates to a method for controlling an orthopedic joint of a lower extremity in at least one degree of freedom by an adjustable actuator for adjusting an orthopedic apparatus to walking situations that differ from walking on a plane. The orthopedic apparatus includes a top connector connected to a limb and an orthopedic element that is arranged in a hinged manner distal to the top connector. The method encompasses the following steps: —several parameters (A) of the orthopedic apparatus are sensed by sensors; —the sensed parameters are compared with criteria (K) that have been established based on several parameters and/or parameter curves and are stored in a computer unit; —a criterion is selected that is suitable on the basis of the determined parameters and/or parameter curves; and —resistances to movements, extents of movements, driving forces, and/or the progresses thereof are adjusted in accordance with the selected criterion in order to control special functions (5) that differ from walking on a plane.

Method for controlling an orthopedic joint

The invention relates to an orthotic or prosthetic joint device with an upper part and a lower part arranged in a hinged manner and fastening means for securing the joint device on a user, with at least one hydraulics unit between the upper part and the lower part, which hydraulics unit has a piston that is movable in a housing with an extension chamber and a flexion chamber and that is coupled to the upper part or the lower part, and which hydraulics unit is assigned a pressure supply device with a pump and a pressure accumulator via which the piston, controlled by a control device, is subjected to a pressure, wherein the pump can be operated in generator mode, the pressure accumulator can be coupled drivingly to the pump, and the hydraulic fluid can be conveyed by the pressure accumulator through the pump to the hydraulics unit.

Orthotic or prosthetic joint device, and method for controlling same

A method for controlling the standing-phase damping of an artificial knee joint comprising an upper part and a lower part which are secured together in a pivotal manner about a pivot axis, a resistance unit which is arranged between the upper part and the lower part and has an adjustment device via which the damping resistance can be modified, and a control unit which is coupled to the adjustment device and which is connected to at least one sensor. The adjustment is carried out on the basis of sensor data, and the knee angle is detected by the at least one sensor during the standing-phase inflexion up to the terminal standing phase. The flexion damping is increased to a level above an initial flexion damping in order to prevent a further inflexion upon reaching a specified maximum knee angle.

Method for controlling the standing-phase damping of an artificial knee joint

Systems and methods for controlling a passive prosthetic knee joint with adjustable damping in the direction of flexion such that a prosthetic unit attached to the knee joint can be adapted for climbing stairs.

Control of a passive prosthetic knee joint with adjustable damping

An orthotic or prosthetic joint device with an upper part and a lower part arranged in a hinged manner on the latter, and a fastening member for securing the joint device on a user. The device includes at least one hydraulics unit positioned between the upper part and the lower part, which hydraulics unit has a piston that is movable in a housing with an extension chamber and a flexion chamber and that is coupled to the upper part or the lower part. The hydraulics unit is assigned a pressure supply device with a pump and a pressure accumulator via which the piston, controlled by a control device, is subjected to a pressure. The pump can be operated in generator mode, the pressure accumulator can be coupled drivingly to the pump, and the hydraulic fluid can be conveyed by the pressure accumulator through the pump to the hydraulics unit.

A method for controlling an orthopedic joint of a lower extremity in at least one degree of freedom by an adjustable actuator for adjusting an orthopedic apparatus to walking situations that differ from walking on a plane. The orthopedic apparatus comprises top connecting members to connect to a limb, and an orthopedic element that is hingedly arranged distal to the connecting members. The method includes sensing, with sensors, several parameters of the orthopedic apparatus; comparing the sensed parameters with criteria that have been established based on several parameters and/or parameter curves and are stored in a computer unit; selecting a criterion that is suitable on the basis of the determined parameters and/or parameter curves; and adjusting resistances to movements, extents of movements, driving forces, and/or the progresses thereof in accordance with the selected criterion in order to control special functions that differ from walking on a plane.

In the case of known prosthesis systems and socket supplies, the transmission of force is a critical issue. The inventive prosthesis system shall improve known prosthesis systems. According to the invention, a prosthesis system for human limbs is provided, which comprises an implant () having at least two joint parts which are movable relative to each other, wherein the first joint part () can be connected to a bone part () and the second joint part () comprises a subcutaneously arrangeable end part () on the side being remote from the joint. The invention further relates to a prosthesis system comprising a subcutaneous implant and a socket ().

Prosthesis system

The invention relates to a cosmetic cover () for lining a prosthesis (), with a distal section (), and with a joint section () which, when the cosmetic cover () for the prosthesis is fitted in place, covers a joint mechanism () arranged between a proximal prosthesis component () and a distal prosthesis component (), wherein the joint section () is made from a 3D spacer knit having an upper textile and a lower textile, which are spaced apart and attached to each other by support threads.

Cosmetic prosthesis cover

The invention relates to a method for controlling an orthopedic joint of a lower extremity in at least one degree of freedom by means of an adjustable actuator for adjusting an orthopedic apparatus to walking situations that differ from walking on a plane. Said orthopedic apparatus comprises top connecting means to a limb and an orthopedic element that is hingedly arranged distal to the connecting means. The method encompasses the following steps: &#x2014;several parameters of the orthopedic apparatus are sensed by means of sensors; &#x2014;the sensed parameters are compared with criteria that have been established based on several parameters and/or parameter curves and are stored in a computer unit; &#x2014;a criterion is selected that is suitable on the basis of the determined parameters and/or parameter curves; and &#x2014;resistances to movements, extents of movements, driving forces, and/or the progresses thereof are adjusted in accordance with the selected criterion in order to control special functions that differ from walking on a plane.

An artificial foot having a longitudinal axis extending from a heel area to a toe area, a length, a width and a height is provided. The artificial foot includes a connection to a lower leg part, an upper supporting structure in the direction of height, an elastic sole structure extending from the heel area to the toe area, an elastic connecting element arranged between the upper supporting structure and the sole structure, and a coupling system. The upper supporting structure is connected to the sole structure approximately in a middle of the foot with respect to its length by means of the coupling system. The coupling system allows a relative tilting motion between the upper supporting structure and the sole structure while keeping a distance between the upper supporting structure and the sole structure in a middle of the coupling system constant, at least while a patient places weight on it when standing.

Artificial foot and method for controlling the movement thereof

The invention relates to a passive orthopedic aid in the form of a foot prosthesis or foot orthosis, with a first part which is connected to a second part in a rotatable manner via a swivel joint, with a sensor arrangement for measuring parameters that provide indications of instantaneous operation requirements of the aid, with a control means which is connected to the control arrangement and is used to determine operation requirements and to generate corresponding control signals, with a controllable hydraulic damping arrangement with which a movement resistance acting on the rotation movement between the first part and the second part can be modified, and with a control means which converts the control signals of the processor arrangement and is used to control the damping arrangement. The foot prosthesis is characterized in that the damping arrangement is a dual-action hydraulic cylinder with two hydraulic chambers separated from each other by a piston, and in that the hydraulic chambers are connected via two connection lines which permit a flow of the hydraulic fluid only in mutually opposite directions and whose flow resistances can be adjusted by the control separately and via their own adjustment means each, in that the processor arrangement is configured to determine a current neutral point position from the measured parameters of the sensor arrangement, and in that the control signals for the flow resistances in the two connection lines are generated with respect to the neutral point position.

Passive orthopedic aid in the form of a foot prosthesis or foot orthosis

The invention relates to a prosthesis shaft for receiving an amputation stump of an extremity, comprising connecting means for a distal prosthesis device (), wherein the prosthesis shaft () comprises at least one shell (), which has an arched, open cross-section and the shell ends of which in the applied state overlap each other at least partially, at least one tensioning means () being disposed on the shell (), said means acting in the circumferential direction and tensioning the shell ends relative to each other, and the shell () being made of a dimensionally stable plastic having regions with varying elasticity.

Prosthesis socket and system comprising a prosthesis socket and prosthesis device

The invention relates to a method for producing an artificial foot, comprising a medial plane (M) in a longitudinal axis, in which a nominal foot length (l) is defined as a distance from a heel to a foot tip of a natural foot replaced by the artificial foot, and designed having a top side connecting piece () for torsionally rigidly connecting a foot insert () extending substantially over the length of the foot (l), and contacting two contact surfaces () over the length (l), of which a first heel side contact surface () is located in the heel area and a second ball side contact surface () is located in the ball area, and designed so that the connecting part () is connected to the contact surfaces () of the foot part by means of spring connections.

Method for producing an artificial foot

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Duderstadt, Germany

Sven Zarling