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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 22, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 01, 2009
Sven Zarling, Duderstadt, DE;
Martin Karstens, Göttingen, DE;
Sven Zarling, Duderstadt, DE;
Martin Karstens, Göttingen, DE;
OTTO BOCK HEALTHCARE GMBH, Duderstadt, DE;
Abstract
The invention relates to a method for producing an artificial foot, comprising a medial plane (M) in a longitudinal axis, in which a nominal foot length (l) is defined as a distance from a heel to a foot tip of a natural foot replaced by the artificial foot, and designed having a top side connecting piece () for torsionally rigidly connecting a foot insert () extending substantially over the length of the foot (l), and contacting two contact surfaces () over the length (l), of which a first heel side contact surface () is located in the heel area and a second ball side contact surface () is located in the ball area, and designed so that the connecting part () is connected to the contact surfaces () of the foot part by means of spring connections.