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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 04, 2023
Filed:
May. 08, 2017
Ottobock SE & Co. Kgaa, Duderstadt, DE;
Christian Will, Gottingen, DE;
Lars Benjamin Finke, Landolfshausen, DE;
Sebastian Betz, Gottingen, DE;
OTTOBOCK SE & CO. KGAA, Duderstadt, DE;
Abstract
A prosthesis socket having a proximal insertion opening and an inner circumference which at least partially surrounds a limb stump, at least one connection device for a prosthesis component, which is connectable to the prosthesis socket, at least one actuator operable to change the inner circumference of the prosthesis socket, and at least one sensor coupled to a control device, wherein the control device is connected to the actuator and activates or deactivates same, depending on the received sensor signals, and to a method for adjusting the inner circumference.