Adaptable socket system, method, and kit
OwnerRandall D. Alleyinventor
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Abstract
An adjustable prosthetic device and a fitting tool for positing the prosthetic device on a limb are described. The prosthetic device comprises two or more adjustable paddles that are movably coupled with an adapter via connectors. The connectors allow the paddles to be repositioned relative to a user's limb. The paddles are sized and dimensioned to capture lost motion between the limb and the prosthetic device through skeletal compression and tissue displacement. The fitting tool comprises two or more compression bars that removably couple with the two or more paddles of the prosthetic device. The fitting tool also comprises two or more linear actuators that control the positions of the compression bars and the paddles relative to the limb.
Claims23
A system for engaging a target with a prosthetic device adjustable using an external tool having first and second compression bars, the prosthetic device comprising:
- a first paddle having a first inner surface, a first outer surface, a first paddle end, and a second paddle end, wherein the first paddle end and the second paddle end lie on opposite ends of the first paddle;
- a second paddle having a second inner surface, a second outer surface, a third paddle end, and a fourth paddle end, wherein the third paddle end and the fourth paddle end lie on opposite ends of the second paddle;
- an adapter;
- a first paddle connector that couples the first paddle end to the adapter;
- wherein the first outer surface of the first paddle removably couples with the first compression bar;
- wherein the second outer surface of the second paddle removably couples with the second compression bar;
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- wherein the first and second paddles, upon adjustment by the external tool, are sized and dimensioned to capture lost motion between the target and the prosthetic device through skeletal compression and tissue displacement.
A positioning tool for fitting an adjustable socket on a limb, the socket having first and second adjustable paddles movably coupled with an adapter via first and second connectors, respectively, the tool comprising:
- a support member sized and dimensioned to at least partially surround the limb;
- a first linear actuator and a first compression bar extending inward from the support member, wherein the first linear actuator controls a variable pressure of the first compression bar;
- a second linear actuator and a second compression bar extending inward from the support member, wherein the second linear actuator controls a variable pressure of the second compression bar;
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- wherein the first and second compression bars removably attach to an outside surface of the first and second paddles, respectively.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.