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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 05, 2002
Filed:
Mar. 18, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Rochel Lieber Abboudi, Highland Park, NJ (US);
Carey A. Glass, Highland Park, NJ (US);
Nicki Ann Newby, Somerset, NJ (US);
William Craelius, Somerset, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/48 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/48 ;
Abstract
There is disclosed a control system for use with a prosthetic device comprising a sensor for sensing volitional movement of a muscle, tendon or ligament intended to cause an associated desired movement of another body part and generating an at least one signal in response thereto, and an electronic interface for analyzing at least one signal and sending a corresponding at least one control signal to the prosthetic or orthotic device indicative of the desired movement of another body part.