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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 31, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 23, 2014
Otto Bock Healthcare Gmbh, Duderstadt, DE;
Thomas Kettwig, Goettingen, DE;
Bernard Garus, Einbeck, DE;
Sven Zarling, Duderstadt, DE;
Felix Ruess, Gerasdorf, AT;
Otto Bock HealthCare GmbH, Duderstadt, DE;
Abstract
The invention relates to a prosthesis shaft for receiving an amputation stump of an extremity, comprising connecting means for a distal prosthesis device (), wherein the prosthesis shaft () comprises at least one shell (), which has an arched, open cross-section and the shell ends of which in the applied state overlap each other at least partially, at least one tensioning means () being disposed on the shell (), said means acting in the circumferential direction and tensioning the shell ends relative to each other, and the shell () being made of a dimensionally stable plastic having regions with varying elasticity.