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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 12, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 23, 2013
Touch Bionics Limited, Livingston, GB;
Gordon McLeary, Lochwinnoch Strathyclyde, GB;
Hugh Gill, Paisley Strathclyde, GB;
TOUCH BIONICS LIMITED, Livingston, GB;
Abstract
A prosthesis or an orthosis such as a hand prosthesis () comprises a moveable component (). The moveable component () has a motor () operable to drive a worm gear (). The hand prosthesis () also comprises a worm gear wheelfixedly mounted on a support member (). The moveable component () extends generally tangentially with respect to the worm gear wheel () and is mounted for rotation about the worm gear wheel (). The worm gear () is in engagement with the worm gear wheel () such that, when the motor () is operated in use of the hand prosthesis (), the moveable component () rotates about the worm gear wheel. The moveable component () includes two electrical contact members () and () and the worm gear wheel () includes two electrical contact surfaces () and (). The electrical contact members (), () and the electrical contact surfaces (), () are arranged to slidably contact one another as the moveable component () rotates about the worm gear wheel ().
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