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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 19, 2006
Filed:
Nov. 03, 2003
Applicant:
Carl A. Caspers, Avon, MN (US);
Inventor:
Carl A. Caspers, Avon, MN (US);
Assignee:
Otto Bock HealthCare LP, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/60 (2006.01); A61F 2/78 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An apparatus and method for monitoring aspects of a socket of a prosthetic limb having a residual limb contained therein. The apparatus includes and the method uses sensors for measuring one or more of pressure, force, temperature, moisture, and vacuum and one or more devices for displaying sensor values to the wearer, setting sensor limits, and/or sounding an audible alarm when a sensor limit is exceeded.