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US 11,026,816 B2Granted
Prosthetic device
AssigneeDEKA Products Limited Partnership
InventorsN. Christopher Perry, Keith D. Violette, Grant A. Peret, David D. B. Cannan, Christopher C. Langenfeld, Jacob P. Laplante, Thomas A. Doyon
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Abstract
A prosthetic device. The prosthetic device may include a flexure cut and/or a sensor to detect movement in accordance with a degree of movement. In an embodiment, the sensor may be disposed within the flexure cut. Other embodiments include at least one wire configured to connect a sensor located in a distal portion to a proximal portion, while annularly traversing a joint.
Claims11
A prosthetic device comprising:
- a flexure cut extending from a surface of the prosthetic device towards an inner part of the prosthetic device;
- a sensor located in a distal portion of the prosthetic device to detect movement in accordance with a degree of movement wherein the sensor is disposed within the flexure cut;
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- at least one wire configured to connect the sensor to a proximal portion of the prosthetic device, wherein the at least one wire annularly traversing a joint of the prosthetic device.
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A prosthetic device comprising:
- a finger structure;
- a flexure cut disposed within the finger structure configured to provide at least one degree of freedom to the finger structure, the flexure cut extending from a surface of the finger structure towards an inner part of the finger structure, the flexure cut traversing through the finger structure in a curvilinear manner;
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- a sensor disposed within the flexure cut, the sensor configured to measure movement in accordance with the at least one degree of freedom.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.