Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Bidirectional biomechanical prosthetic full finger configured for abduction and adduction with MCP pivot
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Application No.: US16789481Application Date: 2020-02-13
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Publication No.: US11419738B2Publication Date: 2022-08-23
- Inventor: Robert Thompson, Jr. , Jon Bengtsson , Anthony Charles Peto , Sydney Tye Minnis , Eric Dennis Klumper , Bradley Arthur Crittenden
- Applicant: RCM ENTERPRISE LLC
- Applicant Address: US WA Olympia
- Assignee: RCM ENTERPRISE LLC
- Current Assignee: RCM ENTERPRISE LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US WA Olympia
- Agency: Sheridan Law, LLC
- Agent James A. Sheridan
- Main IPC: A61F2/76
- IPC: A61F2/76 ; A61F2/78 ; A61F2/58 ; A61F2/50 ; A61F2/68

Abstract:
The disclosure provides apparatus and methods of use pertaining to a bidirectional biomechanical prosthetic finger assembly. In one embodiment, the assembly includes an eccentric metacarpophalangeal (MCP) pivot configured for swivelable attachment to a hand of a user, a distal coupler, and an articulation assembly rotatively coupled therebetween. A ring configured to receive a user's residual finger is disposed upon the articulation assembly, and may be adjusted to a target location based on a length of the residual finger. The articulation assembly is configured to utilize vertical movements of the residual finger within the ring to articulate the distal coupler within a plane parallel to an x-z plane, and the MCP pivot is configured to utilize lateral movements of the residual finger within the ring to articulate the distal coupler within a plane parallel to an x-y plane. Other embodiments are also disclosed.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200179137A1 BIDIRECTIONAL BIOMECHANICAL PROSTHETIC FULL FINGER CONFIGURED FOR ABDUCTION AND ADDUCTION WITH MCP PIVOT Public/Granted day:2020-06-11
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