Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Microprocessor controlled prosthetic ankle system for footwear and terrain adaptation
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Application No.: US15832513Application Date: 2017-12-05
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Publication No.: US10687965B2Publication Date: 2020-06-23
- Inventor: Michael L. Palmer , Matt McFadden , Hugo Quintero
- Applicant: FREEDOM INNOVATIONS, LLC
- Applicant Address: US CA Irvine
- Assignee: Freedom Innovations, LLC
- Current Assignee: Freedom Innovations, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Irvine
- Agency: Dorsey & Whitney LLP
- Main IPC: A61F2/66
- IPC: A61F2/66 ; A61F2/68 ; A61F2/70 ; A61F2/74 ; A61F2/76 ; A61F2/50

Abstract:
A prosthetic ankle includes a pair of prosthetic members movably coupled together to allow movement of the pair of prosthetic members with respect to one another. A hydraulic actuator or damper including hydraulic fluid in a hydraulic chamber is coupled to one of the pair of prosthetic members. A hydraulic piston is movably disposed in the hydraulic chamber and coupled to another of the pair of prosthetic members. A hydraulic flow channel is fluidly coupled between opposite sides of the chamber to allow hydraulic fluid to move between the opposite sides of the chamber as the hydraulic piston moves therein. A voice coil valve is coupled to the hydraulic flow channel to vary resistance to flow of hydraulic fluid through the flow channel, and thus movement of the piston in the chamber, and thus influencing a rate of movement of the pair of prosthetic members with respect to one another.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180256371A1 MICROPROCESSOR CONTROLLED PROSTHETIC ANKLE SYSTEM FOR FOOTWEAR AND TERRAIN ADAPTATION Public/Granted day:2018-09-13
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