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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 12, 2013
Filed:
Nov. 15, 2011
Aldo A. Laghi, Clearwater, FL (US);
Aldo A. Laghi, Clearwater, FL (US);
ALPS Intellectual Property Management, LLC, St. Petersburg, FL (US);
Abstract
A prosthesis suspension assembly comprising: a prosthetic socket having an open proximal end and a closed distal end and an interior surface complementally configured to a residual limb of an amputee, an interface or liner for receiving the residual limb and fittingly received in the socket, a distal outer surface of the liner comprises a porous or continuously cavitated, compressible material such as fabric and a proximal outer surface comprising an elastomeric material, a suspension sleeve which seals against the proximal outer surface of the liner and a proximal outer surface of the socket, and a locking pin connected to a distal end of the liner and lockingly retained in a hole in the distal end of the socket and including an air passage therethrough with a one-way valve therein for permitting the exit of air from an interstitial volume occupied buy said compressible material to atmosphere upon ambulation.