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US 2015/0305894 A1Published application
Prosthetic foot
AssigneeOtto Bock Healthcare GmbH
InventorLuder MOSLER
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Abstract
A prosthetic foot with a base spring having a forefoot area and a heel area, a connecting means arranged above the base spring and used to fasten the prosthetic foot to a prosthesis, and a frontal support, at the upper end of which the connecting means is arranged and which, at its lower end, is secured on a torsion element that can twist amount the longitudinal axis of the prosthetic foot. The torsion element is designed as a leaf spring arrangement secured to the base spring at one end in the heal area or in the forefoot area.
Claims20
A prosthetic foot, comprising:
- a base spring having a forefoot region and a heel region;
- a connection apparatus, arranged above the base spring, to affix the prosthetic foot to a prosthesis;
- a frontal support, at the upper end of which the connection apparatus is arranged and the lower end of which ends in a middle part of the foot;
- a fluid damper arranged on the connection apparatus or on the upper end of the frontal support and supported in the heel region of the base spring.
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A prosthetic foot, comprising:
- a base spring having a forefoot region and a heel region;
- a connection apparatus arranged above the base spring and configured to affix the prosthetic foot to a prosthesis;
- a frontal support having an upper end and a lower end, the connection apparatus being positioned at the upper end, and the lower end terminates in a middle part along a length of the prosthetic foot;
- a fluid damper positioned on the connection apparatus or at the upper end of the frontal support and supported in the heel region of the base spring.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.