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US 2014/0277587 A1Published application
Additive manufacturing produced prosthetic foot
AssigneeThe Ohio Willow Wood Company
InventorsJames M. Colvin, Jeffrey A. Denune, James W. Capper, Michael L. Haynes
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Abstract
Various systems, apparatuses, and methods for producing a prosthetic foot by an additive manufacturing process are disclosed.
Claims20
A prosthetic foot comprising:
- a primary foot member extending from a heel portion to a toe portion of the foot;
- a shock absorbing heel member extending downward from an underside of the primary foot member;
- at least one tendon extending from the heel member and connecting to a more forward portion of the primary foot member;
- and
- a connecting element extending upward from a top surface of the heel portion of the primary foot member;
- wherein at least the primary foot member, the heel member, and at least one tendon are a unitary structure produced by an additive manufacturing process.
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A prosthetic foot comprising:
- a primary foot member extending from a heel portion to a toe portion of the foot;
- a shock absorbing heel member extending downward from an underside of the primary foot member;
- and
- at least one tendon extending from the heel member and connecting to a more forward portion of the primary foot member;
- wherein at least one of the primary foot member, the heel member, and at least one tendon are a unitary structure produced by an additive manufacturing process.
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A prosthetic foot comprising:
- a primary foot member extending from a heel portion to a toe portion of the foot;
- a shock absorbing heel member extending downward from an underside of the primary foot member;
- at least one tendon extending from the heel member and connecting to a more forward portion of the primary foot member;
- and
- a connecting element extending upward from a top surface of the heel portion of the primary foot member, the connecting element comprising a plurality of grouped rods surrounded by an elastomeric band;
- wherein at least the primary foot member, the heel member, at least one tendon, and the plurality of grouped rods are produced by an additive manufacturing process.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.