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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 20, 2007
Filed:
Feb. 08, 2005
Applicants:
Russell A. Houser, Livermore, CA (US);
William Douglas Hare, Princeton, NJ (US);
Inventors:
Russell A. Houser, Livermore, CA (US);
William Douglas Hare, Princeton, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23P 13/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The invention is directed to a method of fabricating an artificial limb. The method includes the steps of: cutting one or more superelastic materials to a desired length, forming the superelastic material into a desired resting configuration of an artificial limb using a fixture that includes the desired resting configuration, heating the superelastic material to between 300 degrees Celsius and 750 degrees Celsius, cooling the superelastic material, and removing the superelastic material from the fixture.