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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:
Jun. 29, 2004
Filed:
Aug. 21, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Biedermann Motech GmbH, VS-Schwenningen, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/48 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/48 ;
Abstract
There is provided a leg prosthesis, comprising a thigh portion ( ) and a lower leg portion ( ) both being connected by a knee joint ( ), said knee joint ( ) comprising a damping element ( ) for controlling the knee joint movement, and means (S ) for detecting the knee angle and means (S -S ; S , S ′, S , S ′) for detecting the force acting on the prosthesis; and a control unit for controlling said damping element ( ) as a function of the detected values of said knee angle and said force; and an adjustment device ( ) adjusting the control of said damping element according to the type of gait and as a function of detected values of said knee angle and said force.