Pump system for use with a prosthetic device
AssigneeOssur Iceland Ehf
InventorsAtli Orn SVERRISSON, Gudfinna HALLDORSDOTTIR
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Abstract
A vacuum suspension system includes a prosthetic socket adapted to receive a residual limb. A pump system includes a pump mechanism in fluid communication with the prosthetic socket, and at least one sensor associated with the prosthetic socket and/or the pump mechanism. A control system is operably connected to the pump mechanism and the least one sensor. The control system is arranged to receive and process data from the at least one sensor and to actuate the pump mechanism based on the received data from the at least one sensor.
Claims20
A vacuum suspension system comprising:
- a prosthetic socket adapted for receiving a residual limb;
- a pump system including a pump mechanism in fluid communication with the prosthetic socket, and at least one sensor associated with at least one of the prosthetic socket and the pump mechanism;
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- a control system operably connected to the pump mechanism and the at least one sensor, the control system arranged to receive and process data from the at least one sensor and to actuate the pump mechanism based on the received data from the at least one sensor.
A method of regulating pressure inside a prosthetic socket comprising:
- measuring pressure inside of a prosthetic socket using one or more sensors operatively coupled to a pump system to obtain pressure information associated with an inside of the prosthetic socket, the pump system having a pump mechanism in fluid communication with the inside of the prosthetic socket;
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- actuating the pump mechanism without human intervention to regulate vacuum inside the prosthetic socket based on the pressure information.
A vacuum suspension system comprising:
- a prosthetic socket adapted for receiving a residual limb;
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- a pump system secured to the prosthetic socket, the pump system including a pump mechanism in fluid communication with the prosthetic socket, at least one pressure sensor associated with at least one of the prosthetic socket and the pump mechanism, and a control system operably connected to the pump mechanism and the at least one sensor, the control system arranged to receive and process pressure data from the at least one sensor and to actuate the pump mechanism based on the received pressure data.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.