Method for adapting the heel height of a prosthetic foot
AssigneeOttobock SE & Co. Kgaa
InventorsHermann Meyer, Sven Kaltenborn, Steffen Althaus
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Abstract
A prosthetic foot comprising a foot part, a proximal connecting member which is swiveled to the foot part and an adjustment device with which the foot part can be adjusted relative to the connecting member, and at least one position sensor being associated with the adjustment device and being coupled to a signal generating element.
Claims19
A method for adapting a heel height of a prosthetic foot to a shoe, the prosthetic foot comprising a foot part, a proximal connection member pivotally connected to the foot part, an output device, a control device, and at least one position sensor, the method comprising:
- assigning a heel height marking to the shoe, the heel height marking representing a value of a heel height of the shoe;
- assigning a position signal to the heel height marking;
- transmitting the value of the heel height of the shoe to the control device;
- adjusting the heel height of the prosthetic foot at least partially based on the heel height marking;
- comparing, with the control device, the value of the heel height marking with detected position data from the at least one position sensor;
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- emitting a confirmation signal with the output device when the position signal assigned to the heel height marking matches with the detected position data, wherein the confirmation signal is an acoustic signal, the acoustic signal including at least one of different pitch levels, signal patterns, or signal sequences assigned to specific heel height levels of the foot part.
A method for adjusting a heel height of a prosthetic foot to a shoe, the prosthetic foot comprising a foot part and a proximal connection member pivotally connected to the foot part, an output device, and an adjustment device, the adjustment device including at least one position sensor and being operable to adjust a position of the foot part relative to the proximal connection member, the method comprising:
- detecting a position of the foot part relative to the proximal connection member;
- generating an output with the output device as a function of the detected position, the output informing a user of the prosthetic foot about a position of the foot part relative to the proximal connection member, wherein the output is an acoustic signal, the acoustic signal generated by a voice generating device and including an announcement about a heel height level of the foot part.
A method for adjusting a heel height of a prosthetic foot to a shoe, the prosthetic foot comprising a foot part, a proximal connection member connected to the foot part, an output device, and an adjustment device to adjust the foot part relative to the connection member without the use of a motor, the adjustment device including at least one position sensor, the at least one position sensor being coupled to the output device, the method comprising:
- detecting, with the at least one sensor, an adjusted position of the foot part relative to the proximal connection member;
- generating a position signal;
- communicating, with the output device, an acoustic output to a user confirming, based on the position signal, that a setpoint position for the foot part has been reached, wherein the setpoint position is at least partially determined by a heel height of the shoe, wherein the acoustic signal includes a different tone for each heel height level of the foot part.
A method for adapting a heel height of a prosthetic foot to a shoe, the shoe comprising a heel height marking representing a heel height of the shoe, the prosthetic foot comprising a foot part, a proximal connection member pivotally connected to the foot part, an output device, a control device, and at least one position sensor, the method comprising:
- receiving a value of the heel height marking, the heel height marking representing a value of a heel height of the shoe;
- assigning a position signal to the heel height marking;
- transmitting the value of the heel height of the shoe to the control device;
- adjusting the heel height at least partially based on the heel height marking;
- comparing, with the control device, the value of the heel height marking with detected position data from the at least one position sensor;
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- emitting a confirmation signal with the output device when the position signal assigned to the heel height marking matches with the detected position data.
A method for adapting a heel height of a prosthetic foot to a shoe, the shoe comprising a heel height marking representing a heel height of the shoe, the prosthetic foot comprising a foot part, a proximal connection member pivotally connected to the foot part, an output device, a control device, and at least one position sensor, the method comprising:
- transmitting a value of the heel height marking from the shoe, the heel height marking representing a value of a heel height of the shoe;
- receiving, by the control device, the heel height marking;
- assigning a position signal to the heel height marking;
- transmitting the value of the heel height of the shoe to the control device;
- adjusting the heel height at least partially based on the heel height marking;
- comparing, with the control device, the value of the heel height marking with detected position data from the at least one position sensor;
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- emitting a confirmation signal with the output device when the position signal assigned to the heel height marking matches with the detected position data.
A method for adapting a heel height of a prosthetic foot to a shoe, the shoe comprising a heel height marking representing a heel height of the shoe, the prosthetic foot comprising a foot part, a proximal connection member pivotally connected to the foot part, an output device, a control device, and at least one position sensor, the method comprising:
- transmitting a value of the heel height marking from the shoe, the heel height marking representing a value of a heel height of the shoe;
- receiving, by the control device, the heel height marking;
- assigning a position signal to the heel height marking;
- transmitting the value of the heel height of the shoe to the control device;
- adjusting the heel height at least partially based on the heel height marking;
- automatically detecting, by the at least one position sensor, at least one detected position data;
- automatically comparing, with the control device, the value of the heel height marking with the detected position data from the at least one position sensor;
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- emitting a confirmation signal with the output device when the position signal assigned to the heel height marking matches with the detected position data.
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