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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 26, 2021
Filed:
Nov. 18, 2016
Applicants:
University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC (US);
Prisma Health—upstate, Greenville, SC (US);
Inventor:
Alan Robert Hippensteal, Greenville, SC (US);
Assignees:
University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC (US);
Prisma Health—Upstate, Greenville, SC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/64 (2006.01); A61F 2/62 (2006.01); A61F 2/70 (2006.01); A61F 2/60 (2006.01); A61F 2/68 (2006.01); A61F 2/76 (2006.01); A61F 2/50 (2006.01); A61F 2/74 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/70 (2013.01); A61F 2/60 (2013.01); A61F 2/601 (2013.01); A61F 2/64 (2013.01); A61F 2/644 (2013.01); A61F 2/68 (2013.01); A61F 2/76 (2013.01); A61F 2002/502 (2013.01); A61F 2002/5006 (2013.01); A61F 2002/5018 (2013.01); A61F 2002/5033 (2013.01); A61F 2002/5036 (2013.01); A61F 2002/5073 (2013.01); A61F 2002/5084 (2013.01); A61F 2002/6854 (2013.01); A61F 2002/701 (2013.01); A61F 2002/704 (2013.01); A61F 2002/74 (2013.01); A61F 2002/762 (2013.01); A61F 2002/764 (2013.01); A61F 2002/7615 (2013.01); A61F 2002/7625 (2013.01); A61F 2002/7635 (2013.01);
Abstract
A prosthesis with controlled linear motion and methods for adapting the device to multiple amputation points are described. The device is designed to shorten during the swing phase to prevent striking the surface of the ground, and extend at the beginning and end of the swing to provide forward propulsion and begin to transfer bodyweight load from the opposing leg. The prosthesis includes an actuator to provide linear motion, a battery, sensors, and a controller.