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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 15, 2013
Applicant:
Össur Hf, Reykjavik, IS;
Inventors:
Charles R Bisbee, III, Mission Viejo, CA (US);
Scott B Elliott, San Clemente, CA (US);
Magnus Oddsson, Hafnarfjordur, IS;
Assignee:
Össur hf, Reykjavik, IS;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/68 (2006.01); A61F 2/64 (2006.01); A61F 2/50 (2006.01); A61F 2/70 (2006.01); A61F 2/76 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/68 (2013.01); A61F 2/64 (2013.01); A61F 2002/5003 (2013.01); A61F 2002/5004 (2013.01); A61F 2002/5033 (2013.01); A61F 2002/6863 (2013.01); A61F 2002/704 (2013.01); A61F 2002/705 (2013.01); A61F 2002/764 (2013.01); A61F 2002/7625 (2013.01); A61F 2002/7635 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0034 (2013.01);
Abstract
A prosthetic or orthotic system including a magnetorheological (MR) damper. The MR damper may be configured to operate in shear mode. In one embodiment, the MR damper includes a rotary MR damper. A controller is configured to operate the damper. A mobile computing device may be adapted to intermittently communicate configuration parameters to the controller. A method of configuring a prosthetic or orthotic system is also disclosed.