Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Adjustment device for a lower limb prosthesis
- Patent Title (中): 下肢假体的调整装置
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Application No.: US12093355Application Date: 2006-11-14
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Publication No.: US08641780B2Publication Date: 2014-02-04
- Inventor: Fadi Abimosleh , Graham Harris , Stephen Terry Lang , Mir Saeed Zahedi
- Applicant: Fadi Abimosleh , Graham Harris , Stephen Terry Lang , Mir Saeed Zahedi
- Applicant Address: GB Hampshire
- Assignee: Blatchford Products Limited
- Current Assignee: Blatchford Products Limited
- Current Assignee Address: GB Hampshire
- Agency: Alston & Bird LLP
- International Application: PCT/GB2006/004247 WO 20061114
- International Announcement: WO2007/054736 WO 20070518
- Main IPC: A61F2/62
- IPC: A61F2/62 ; A61F2/66

Abstract:
An hydraulic heel-height adjustment device for a lower limb prosthesis has a foot-mounting component (18) for detachably mounting a prosthetic foot and a shin component pivotally connected to the foot-mounting component allowing angular adjustment of the foot-mounting component relative to the shin component about a heel-height adjustment axis. The relative angular position is set by an hydraulic piston (42) and cylinder assembly which has a chamber (40) in the shin component containing a piston (42) arranged to execute a translational movement in the chamber when adjustment is required. A bypass passage interconnects parts of the chamber on opposite sides of the piston, this passage containing a manually operable valve which is spring-biased towards a closed position. The piston has a piston rod pivotally connected to the foot-mounting component by a pivot joint defining a medial-lateral axis parallel to and spaced from the heel-height adjustment axis.
Public/Granted literature
- US20080281435A1 Adjustment Device for a Lower Limb Prosthesis Public/Granted day:2008-11-13
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