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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 16, 2021
Filed:
Aug. 14, 2017
Deka Products Limited Partnership, Manchester, NH (US);
Christopher O. Evans, Amherst, NH (US);
N. Christopher Perry, Manchester, NH (US);
Dirk A. van der Merwe, Canterbury, NH (US);
Keith D. Violette, Sandown, NH (US);
Stewart M. Coulter, Bedford, NH (US);
Thomas A. Doyon, Manchester, NH (US);
David Blumberg, Jr., Deerfield, NH (US);
DEKA PRODUCTS LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, Manchester, NH (US);
Abstract
A prosthetic arm apparatus including a plurality of segments that provide a user of the prosthetic arm apparatus with substantially the same movement capability and function as a human arm. The segments are connectable to one another and connectable to a prosthetic support apparatus that may be adorned by the user. A prosthetic limb segment includes a housing having an input interface and an output interface, the output interface and the input interface being moveable with respect to one another, a motorized drive disposed within the housing, the motorized drive effecting movement of at least one of the output interface or the input interface, and a controller disposed within the housing for controlling actuation of the motorized drive. The controller may be configured to communicate with at least a second motorized drive of at least a second prosthetic limb segment to control actuation thereof.