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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 06, 2019
Filed:
Aug. 24, 2015
Deka Products Limited Partnership, Manchester, NH (US);
Dirk Albertus van der Merwe, Canterbury, NH (US);
Gregory R. Lanier, Manchester, NH (US);
John M. Kerwin, Manchester, NH (US);
Gerald M. Guay, Greenville, NH (US);
N. Christopher Perry, Manchester, NH (US);
Susan D. Dastous, Litchfield, NH (US);
DEKA PRODUCTS LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, Manchester, NH (US);
Abstract
A control system for control of a prosthetic device having a plurality of actuators receives an orientation signal indicative of a desired movement. The control system evaluates whether the prosthetic device may move as desired with a current angle of rotation and commands at least one actuator to move the prosthetic device as desired by maintaining the current angle of rotation or by adjusting the angle of rotation if the prosthetic device cannot move as desired with the current angle. The control system may alternate between commanding a first subset of actuators and a second subset of actuators each time the orientation signal is indicative of a neutral position. The control system may include a position sensor and a compliance sensor and may command at least one actuator based on a combination of positional control using the position sensor and force control using the compliance sensor.