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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 12, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 30, 2012
Applicant:
Otto Bock Healthcare Gmbh, Duderstadt, DE;
Inventors:
Harald Gottlieb, Jutzenbach, DE;
Jens Volkmar, Duderstadt OT Gerblingerode, DE;
Andreas Leiniger, Leinefelde OT Birkungen, DE;
Marco Volkmar, Duderstadt, DE;
Assignee:
OTTO BOCK HEALTHCARE GMBH, Duderstadt, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/80 (2006.01); A61F 2/78 (2006.01); A61F 2/50 (2006.01); A61F 2/76 (2006.01); A61F 2/60 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/80 (2013.01); A61F 2/7812 (2013.01); A61F 2/76 (2013.01); A61F 2002/5007 (2013.01); A61F 2002/5053 (2013.01); A61F 2002/5055 (2013.01); A61F 2002/608 (2013.01); A61F 2002/7818 (2013.01);
Abstract
A prosthesis socket for a prosthesis, which comprises a connecting member for a distal prosthesis device and an outer socket, which is made predominantly from a rigid material, and a proximal opening for receiving a residual limb and which is surrounded by an outer socket edge. The outer socket edge is made of a flexible and non-elastic material in a ventral region, the flexible and non-elastic material being adapted to the body shape of the wearer of the prosthesis socket.