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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 12, 2011
Filed:
May. 15, 2009
Applicant:
Todd A. Kuiken, Oak Park, IL (US);
Inventor:
Todd A. Kuiken, Oak Park, IL (US);
Assignee:
Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/48 (2006.01); A61F 2/60 (2006.01); A61F 2/54 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and apparatus for improving the control of prosthetic limb rotation in amputees in which a permanent magnet is implanted into the distal end of a residual bone and the bone rotation is sensed from movement of the magnetic field of the magnet and used to effect corresponding rotation of the prosthetic limb.