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

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

Northwestern University

University of Pittsburgh

Universitaet Stuttgart

Falz & Kannenberg Gmbh & Co. Kg

Universitãt Stuttgart

Kramski Gmbh

Urs Schneider

Andrew H Hansen

Rory Alan Cooper

Eric A Nickel

Gary D Goldish

Garrett G Grindle

David Minzenmay

Jonathan Lee Pearlman

Stefan Grosskopf

Stuart Richard Fairhurst

Kai Von Lübtow

Benjamin Todd Gebrosky

Dudley S Childress

John E Ferguson

Gregory Owen Voss

Hongwu Wang

Markus Haid

Brandon Joseph Daveler

Ismail Bahadir Pamir

Mark Ital

Felix Starker

Sara Koehler-Mcnicholas

Karl Koester

Kyle Barrons

Ellankavi Ramasamy

Spencer Mion

Jannis Breuninger

Joerg Siegert

Julia Grunwald

Alfons Fuchs

Karsten Lissek

Armin Grab

Ralf Kloos

Thomas Bächle

Carsten Pauli

Joachim Pauli

Roland Bauernfeind

Harald Von Rosenberg

Bernhard Kleiner

Bernhard Budaker

Jörg Siegert

Jonathan L Pearlman

Andreas Kramski

Andreas Adler

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

An exoskeleton system includes a first exoskeleton unit configured to support a first body part, a second exoskeleton unit configured to support a second body part, and a control device. The first exoskeleton unit and the second exoskeleton unit are mechanically decoupled from each other. The control device is configured to control, based on a control model, at least one of the first exoskeleton unit and the second exoskeleton unit. The control model is based on a multibody system that models the first exoskeleton unit, the second exoskeleton unit, and at least one of the first body part and the second body part.

Exoskeleton system, control device, and method

A trunk control system having a harness assembly and a flexion control assembly. The harness assembly has a backrest member and a harness secured to the backrest member. The backrest member is configured to be moveably coupled to a wheelchair. The backrest member is selectively moveable about and between a fully retracted position and a fully extended position. The harness cooperates with the backrest member to define a receiving space for receiving at least a portion of a torso of a wheelchair user. The flexion control assembly is coupled to the backrest member of the harness assembly. The flexion control assembly is configured to selectively permit or restrict movement of the backrest member about and between the fully retracted position and the fully extended position.

Trunk control systems and wheelchairs comprising same

A personal mobility device includes a frame, a plurality of wheels attached to the frame and one or more pneumatic motors. Each of the one or more pneumatic motors has a drive shaft in operative connection with at least one of the plurality of wheels. The personal mobility device further includes at least one tank (that is, a storage container) for storage of a pressurized gas in operative connection with the one or more pneumatic motors to supply pressurized gas to the one or more pneumatic motors and a control system in operative connection with the at least one tank and with the one or more pneumatic motors.

Pneumatic powered mobility devices

The present invention relates in the field of orthopedics to an artificial ankle which imitates the natural human gait in a proper way, thereby enabling its user to walk not only in a plane environment but also uphill and downhill without any unpleasant effects. The present invention further relates to an artificial foot and an artificial leg containing said artificial ankle.

Artificial ankle, artificial foot and artificial leg

The invention relates to a supporting device for a support () used to support a lower extremity, in particular a knee joint, a lower leg, a foot or an ankle, an upper leg support () and a lower leg support () being provided and interconnected via an articulation (), the upper leg support () comprises at least a load-bearing surface (), the lower leg support () comprises at least a load-bearing surface (), a support fixing () is provided, which engages with the support (), the lower leg support () and the support fixing () being coupled to one another for the transfer of force.

Supporting device

The invention relates to a prosthetic device (), in particular a foot prosthesis, for fitting leg amputees, with a universal joint mechanism (), which couples a shaft () with a treading attachment () through an articulation, wherein the universal joint mechanism () comprises a joint element () supported such that it is rotatable about a first rotational axis (C) and a second rotational axis (D) differing therefrom. For more accurate modeling of the natural gait of a healthy human foot, the invention provides that the universal joint mechanism () comprises a shaft-side joint fork () coupleable with the shaft () and a treading-side joint fork () coupled via the joint element () through an articulation with the shaft-side joint fork (), wherein the shaft-side joint fork () is swivellable about the first rotational axis (C) and the treading-side joint fork () about the second rotational axis (D) relative to the joint element (), and wherein the swivel movements of shaft-side and treading-side joint fork () relative to the joint element () are carried out against the resistance of at least one damping element () proximal to the joint element.

Prosthesis, in particular prosthetic foot

A device determines at least one characteristic point of a joint which joins together two limbs and is to be measured orthopedically comprising a first coupling element which may be positioned on a first limb adjoining the joint, a second coupling element which may be moved relative to the first coupling element and may be positioned on a second limb adjoining the joint, and a measuring device for determining the position of the first coupling element relative to the second coupling element. The measuring device has at least one reference point rigidly connected to one of the first and second coupling elements, and a reference point detection device rigidly connected to the respective other of the first and second coupling elements. During a movement of the first and second limbs with respect to one another the reference point detection device determines the at least one characteristic point.

Device and method for determining at least one characteristic point of joint to be orthopedically measured

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