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US 12,440,361 B2Granted
Orthopaedic joint and method for controlling same
AssigneeOtto Bock Health Care Products GmbH
InventorsDirk Seifert, Florian Fuchs
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AssigneeOtto Bock Health Care Products GmbH
InventorsDirk Seifert, Florian Fuchs
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The invention relates to an orthopaedic joint comprising an upper part and a lower part pivotably mounted thereon and a resistance device which is located between the upper part and the lower part and provides resistance against a pivoting movement about a pivot axis, and has a resistance adjusting device coupled to a control device which is coupled to at least one sensor such that the resistance can be adjusted by means of the control device on the basis of sensor data transmitted from the at least one sensor to the control device, a function is stored in the control device in which the joint is locked against pivoting in at least one direction in accordance with the sensor data, the function can be activated for locking and deactivated for unlocking on the basis of the sensor data.
An orthopedic joint comprising an upper part and a lower part pivotably arranged on the upper part, and a resistance device which is arranged between the upper part and the lower part and which provides resistance against a pivoting movement of the upper part relative to the lower part about a pivot axis, and which has an adjustment device by means of which the resistance is adjustable, wherein the adjustment device is coupled to a control device, which is coupled to at least one sensor, such that the resistance is adjustable by means of the control device on the basis of sensor data that are transmitted from the at least one sensor to the control device, wherein the control device has stored in it a function in which the joint is locked against pivoting in at least one direction in accordance with the sensor data, and the function can be activated for locking and deactivated for unlocking on the basis of the sensor data, wherein at least one parameter for activating the function and at least one parameter for deactivating the function are correlated with one another, wherein threshold values for the parameters for activation and/or deactivation are stored, and the threshold values are variable, and wherein the threshold values for activation and deactivation are positively correlated.
A method for controlling an orthopedic joint comprising an upper part and a lower part pivotably arranged on the upper part, and a resistance device which is arranged between the upper part and the lower part and which provides resistance against a pivoting movement of the upper part relative to the lower part about a pivot axis, and which has an adjustment device, the method comprising:
A method for controlling an orthopedic joint, wherein the joint comprises an upper part and a lower part pivotably arranged on the upper part, and a resistance device which is arranged between the upper part and the lower part and which provides resistance against a pivoting movement of the upper part relative to the lower part about a pivot axis, and which has an adjustment device, the method comprising:
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