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US 2014/0156025 A1Published application
Control system and method for a prosthetic knee
AssigneeOssur Hf
InventorsCharles R. Bisbee, III, Scott B. Elliott, Magnus Oddsson
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Abstract
A prosthetic or orthotic system including a magnetorheological (MR) damper. The MR damper may be configured to operate in shear mode. In one embodiment, the MR damper includes a rotary MR damper. A controller is configured to operate the damper. A mobile computing device may be adapted to intermittently communicate configuration parameters to the controller. A method of configuring a prosthetic or orthotic system is also disclosed.
Claims1
A prosthetic knee system, comprising:
- a magnetorheological damper operating in shear mode;
- a controller configured to operate the damper;
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- a mobile computing device adapted to intermittently communicate configuration parameters to the controller.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.