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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 03, 2025
Filed:
May. 19, 2022
Vivonics, Inc., Bedford, MA (US);
Ryan Myers, North Andover, MA (US);
Kristen LeRoy, Waltham, MA (US);
Ian Cohen, Boulder, CO (US);
Gordon B. Hirschman, Cohoes, NY (US);
Thane R. Hunt, Colchester, CT (US);
Kevin E. Keough, Sharon, MA (US);
Carlos Martinez Luna, Boylston, MA (US);
Todd R. Farrell, Waltham, MA (US);
Jennifer L. Johansson, Wayland, MA (US);
Brendan LaBrecque, Middleton, MA (US);
Vivonics, Inc., Bedford, MA (US);
Liberating Technologies, Inc., Holliston, MA (US);
Abstract
A prosthetic socket cooling system and method includes a thermally conductive heat spreader including a curved shaped portion configured to maximize contact with a residual limb of a user. A heat extraction subsystem is coupled through a wall of the prosthetic socket and to the thermally conductive heat spreader and is configured to maintain a desired temperature inside the prosthetic socket.