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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 08, 2011
Filed:
Oct. 24, 2007
Scott E. Jahns, Hudson, WI (US);
Russell Robert Paul, Brooklyn Park, MN (US);
Shiva Prakash Moosai, New Hope, MN (US);
Scott E. Jahns, Hudson, WI (US);
Russell Robert Paul, Brooklyn Park, MN (US);
Shiva Prakash Moosai, New Hope, MN (US);
AMS Research Corporation, Minnetonka, MN (US);
Abstract
A prosthetic device comprises stacked column segments. A first one of the column segments comprises a ball surface facing along a column axis. The ball surface has a generally convex shape that is articulable in a mating socket of a second one of the column segments. The first one of the column segments comprises a socket surface facing an opposite direction along the column axis. The socket surface has a generally concave shape that is articulable on a mating ball of a third one of the column segments. Multiple column segments similar to the first column segment are stacked to form the column.