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
The invention relates to a prosthetic foot comprising a foot part, a proximal connecting means which is swiveled to the foot part and an adjustment device with which the foot part can be adjusted relative to the connecting means, at least one position sensor being associated with the adjustment device and being coupled to a signal generating element.
Claims20
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, a detector, and at least one position sensor, and the shoe comprising an identifier, 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;
- automatically detecting, using the detector, the identifier;
- identifying the shoe based on the identifier;
- transmitting the value of the heel height of the shoe to the control device;
- comparing, with the control device, the heel height marking with detected position data from the at least one position sensor;
- adjusting the prosthetic foot by applying an external force until the position signal assigned to the heel height marking matches the detected position data.
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, a detector, and at least one position sensor, and the shoe comprising an identifier, 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;
- automatically detecting, using the detector, the identifier;
- identifying the shoe based on the identifier;
- transmitting the value of the heel height of the shoe to the control device;
- comparing, with the control device, the heel height marking with detected position data from the at least one position sensor;
- adjusting the prosthetic foot by applying an external force until the position signal assigned to the heel height marking matches the detected position data;
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- locking the prosthetic foot in position when the position signal assigned to the heel height marking matches the detected position data.
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, a detector, and at least one position sensor, and the shoe comprising an identifier, 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;
- automatically detecting, using the detector, the identifier;
- identifying the shoe based on the identifier;
- transmitting the value of the heel height of the shoe to the control device;
- comparing, with the control device, the heel height marking with detected position data from the at least one position sensor;
- automatically adjusting the prosthetic foot using an external force until the position signal assigned to the heel height marking matches with the detected position data;
- locking the prosthetic foot in position when the position signal assigned to the heel height marking matches with the detected position data;
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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.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.