Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Systems and methods for prosthetic wrist rotation
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Application No.: US17534889Application Date: 2021-11-24
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Publication No.: US12059362B2Publication Date: 2024-08-13
- Inventor: Hugh Gill , Rodrigo Mercader Rivera
- Applicant: Touch Bionics Limited
- Applicant Address: GB Livingston
- Assignee: Touch Bionics Limited
- Current Assignee: Touch Bionics Limited
- Current Assignee Address: GB Livingston
- Agency: Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear, LLP
- Main IPC: A61F2/58
- IPC: A61F2/58 ; A61F2/54 ; A61F2/70 ; A61F2/72 ; A61F2/76 ; B25J15/00 ; A61F2/50 ; A61F2/68

Abstract:
Features for a prosthetic wrist and associated methods are described. The wrist couples with a prosthetic socket and a prosthetic hand. The wrist may rotate the hand. The wrist includes features to prevent or mitigate undesirable separation of the wrist from the socket. The wrist may have an expanding coupling, such as an expanding ring, to better secure the wrist with the socket. An actuator may cause the coupling to expand outward to prevent or mitigate undesirable separation of the wrist from the socket. Alternatively or in addition, the wrist may include torque control features to prevent undesirable or premature separation of the hand from the wrist, for example when using a “quick wrist disconnect” (QWD) apparatus. A torque control method may tailor or limit multiple torques to be applied by the wrist to the hand based on operational requirements and phases, such as anticipated torque loads and operational timing.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220151805A1 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROSTHETIC WRIST ROTATION Public/Granted day:2022-05-19
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