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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 29, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2011
Applicants:
David Alan Boone, Seattle, WA (US);
Toshiki Kobayashi, Lynnwood, WA (US);
Inventors:
David Alan Boone, Seattle, WA (US);
Toshiki Kobayashi, Lynnwood, WA (US);
Assignee:
Orthocare Innovations LLC, Mountlake Terrace, WA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/11 (2006.01); A61F 2/76 (2006.01); A61F 2/50 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/103 (2006.01); A61F 5/01 (2006.01); G06Q 50/22 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 5/0111 (2013.01); A61B 5/1038 (2013.01); A61B 5/112 (2013.01); A61B 5/6811 (2013.01); A61B 5/6828 (2013.01); A61B 5/6829 (2013.01); A61F 5/0127 (2013.01); G06Q 50/22 (2013.01); A61F 2002/5049 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49 (2015.01); Y10T 29/49004 (2015.01); Y10T 29/49764 (2015.01); Y10T 29/49771 (2015.01); Y10T 29/49773 (2015.01); Y10T 29/49774 (2015.01); Y10T 29/49776 (2015.01); Y10T 29/49778 (2015.01);
Abstract
A method for tuning an orthosis for the correct stiffness and/or shank angle includes via one or more computers, receiving patient information including forces experienced by a joint of a patient wearing an orthosis, wherein the orthosis has a degree of stiffness and a shank angle, via one or more computers, comparing the patient information to model information, wherein the model information includes the forces of a correctly functioning joint, and changing the degree of stiffness and/or the shank angle of the orthosis.