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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 24, 2021
Filed:
Mar. 19, 2018
Applicant:
Ottobock SE & Co. Kgaa, Duderstadt, DE;
Inventor:
Lars Benjamin Finke, Landolfshausen, DE;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B33Y 70/00 (2020.01); A61F 2/80 (2006.01); A61F 2/78 (2006.01); A61F 2/50 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/7812 (2013.01); A61F 2/5044 (2013.01); A61F 2002/5026 (2013.01); A61F 2002/5055 (2013.01);
Abstract
A liner for a prosthesis, wherein the liner is made of a liner material and comprises a proximal opening for accommodating an amputation stump, a distal end, a longitudinal direction, which extends from the proximal opening to the distal end, and an auxetic material The auxetic material is a two-dimensional-auxetic material, which is arranged in such a way that an extension of the liner in the longitudinal direction leads to an expansion of a diameter of the liner.