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US 2017/0290684 A1Published application
Polycentric powered ankle prosthesis
AssigneeRehabilitation Institute of Chicago
InventorsTommaso Lenzi, Marco Cempini, Todd Kuiken
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Abstract
Systems and methods are disclosed for a powered ankle prosthesis. The prosthesis may comprise a polycentric mechanism having a defined path for an instantaneous center of rotation. The path of the instantaneous center of rotation may be defined by a trajectory substantially equal to an arc positioned over a joint of the polycentric mechanism.
Claims14
A powered ankle prosthesis, comprising a polycentric mechanism having a defined path for an instantaneous center of rotation;
- wherein the path of the instantaneous center of rotation is defined by a trajectory substantially equal to an arc positioned over a joint of the polycentric mechanism.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.