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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 05, 2011
Filed:
Nov. 17, 2008
Stephanie A. George, St. Louis Park, MN (US);
Sara Elizabeth Nelson, Plymouth, MN (US);
Randall P. Rowland, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Charles C. Kuyava, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Stephanie A. George, St. Louis Park, MN (US);
Sara Elizabeth Nelson, Plymouth, MN (US);
Randall P. Rowland, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Charles C. Kuyava, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
AMS Research Corporation, Minnetonka, MN (US);
Abstract
A prosthetic device comprises a column formed of resilient material and having a proximal end and a distal end. The prosthetic device comprises a bladder having a liquid cavity at the distal end. The bladder is inflatable and deflatable to increase and decrease a girth at the distal end of the prosthetic device. The prosthetic device comprises a liquid supply system that couples along the column to the bladder for selectively controlling liquid flow to the bladder to increase and decrease the girth.