Shuttle lock

Abstract

A shuttle lock for maintaining a patient's residual limb in a prosthetic limb socket includes: (a) a housing having a distal surface adapted to abut an inside surface of a prosthetic limb socket, a substantially concave proximal surface and a hole extending into the center of the proximal surface, where the hole is adapted to receive a plunger pin carried on a patient's residual limb; (b) a lock positioned within the housing for securing the plunger pin received in the hole; and (c) means for securing the housing of the shuttle lock within the prosthetic limb socket; (d) where the concave proximal surface includes at least one radial groove which is adapted to guide the plunger pin into the hole. Preferably the housing is substantially cylindrical in the concave proximal surface includes a plurality of the radial grooves circumferentially distributed to thereabout, where the radial grooves extend substantially from and outer circumference of the concave proximal surface to an outer circumference of the hole. A covering adapted to be worn on a patient's residual limb is also provided, where the covering includes the plunger pin extending from a distal end of the covering, and also includes a projection extending distally therefrom that is adapted to be received within the radial groove on the proximal surface of the shuttle lock so as to reduce rotation of the patient's residual limb and covering with respect to the prosthetic limb socket when the plunger pin is secured within the hole of the shuttle lock. Preferably, the covering includes a plurality of ribs extending distally therefrom and oriented radially with respect to the plunger pin, so that the ribs are adapted to be received within the radial grooves to provide the anti-rotation.