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Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2026

Filed:

Oct. 03, 2022
Applicants:

Northwestern University, Evanston, IL (US);

U.s. Govt As Rep BY the Dept. of Veterans Affairs, Washington, DC (US);

Human Motion Technologies Llc, Pittsburg, PA (US);

Inventors:

Matthew Justin Major, Chicago, IL (US);

Josh Caputo, Pittsburgh, PA (US);

Tianyao Chen, Pittsburgh, PA (US);

Assignees:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/76 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/76 (2013.01); A61F 2002/762 (2013.01); A61F 2002/7635 (2013.01); A61F 2002/764 (2013.01); A61F 2002/7645 (2013.01); A61F 2002/7695 (2013.01);
Abstract

An illustrative prosthesis and orthosis testing system includes a platform that receives a prosthesis or orthosis. A motor or a weight are configured to apply a load to the prosthesis or orthosis, and one or more load cells are configured to measure a magnitude of the load on the prosthesis or orthosis. The system also includes one or more encoders configured to measure one or more positions and one or more orientations of the prosthesis or orthosis in response to the applied load.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Major, Matthew. (2026). Method and system to monitor and design prosthetics (U.S. Patent No. 12616591). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12616591

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