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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 19, 2019
Filed:
May. 14, 2013
Otto Bock Healthcare Gmbh, Duderstadt, DE;
Martin Pusch, Duderstadt, DE;
OTTOBOCK SE & CO. KGAA, Duderstadt, DE;
Abstract
A method and a device for determining an incorrect positioning in the alignment of prostheses for the lower extremities are disclosed. The method includes determining inertial measurement data and/or variables derived therefrom using at least one inertial sensor, over at least one walking cycle, for an extremity provided with a prosthesis. The method also includes comparing the inertial measurement data that has been determined and/or the variables derived therefrom with desired values and/or with measurement data that has been determined or variables derived therefrom for the corresponding extremity that is not provided with the prosthesis.