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US 2020/0345521 A1Published application
Lanyard systems for prosthetic devices and related methods
AssigneeClick Holdings, LLC
InventorsJoseph A. Mahon, Nicholas E. Scoville, Simon T. Scoville, James A. Capra, Arni Thor
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Abstract
A prosthesis device can include a socket or a kit for forming a socket having a lanyard suspension system. In one example, the lanyard suspension system includes a tightening device having a housing, and tightening the lanyard gathers a tensioning line portion of the lanyard into an interior of the housing.
Claims20
A method of fabricating a prosthetic socket, comprising:
- forming a socket comprising a sidewall, a cavity configured to receive a liner, a distal end, and a guide path, wherein the guide path extends proximally from the distal end of the socket;
- inserting a tensioning line through the guide path;
- coupling a tightening mechanism to the socket;
- wherein the tightening mechanism is configured to control movement of the tensioning line such that the tensioning line is configured to draw the liner into the cavity of the socket and towards the distal end of the socket.
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A method of fabricating a prosthetic socket, comprising:
- forming a socket comprising a sidewall, a cavity configured to receive a liner, a distal end, a diverter, and a guide path, wherein the guide path is disposed within or along the sidewall and extends proximally from the diverter disposed at the distal end of the socket;
- inserting a tensioning line through the diverter and through the guide path, wherein the diverter is configured to redirect the tensioning line from a first direction in which the tensioning line enters the diverter to a second direction that is different from the first direction in which the tensioning line exits the diverter;
- coupling a tightening mechanism to the socket;
- wherein the tightening mechanism is configured to apply a tension force to the tensioning line to displace the liner downwardly into the cavity of the socket along a longitudinal axis of the socket.
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A method of fabricating a prosthetic socket, comprising:
- forming a socket comprising a sidewall, a cavity configured to receive a liner, a distal end, a diverter, and a conduit, wherein the conduit is embedded within the sidewall and extends proximally from the diverter disposed at the distal end of the socket;
- inserting a tensioning line through the diverter and through the conduit, wherein the diverter is configured to redirect the tensioning line from a first direction in which the tensioning line enters the diverter to a second direction that is different from the first direction in which the tensioning line exits the diverter;
- coupling a tightening mechanism to the socket such that the conduit is continuously embedded within the sidewall of the socket from the diverter to the tightening mechanism, wherein the tightening mechanism comprises a base, a housing that defines a cavity, a spool, and an actuator configured to control movement of the tensioning line, wherein actuation of the actuator causes a portion of the tensioning line to gather into the cavity of the housing and around the spool such that the tensioning line is configured to draw the liner into the cavity of the socket and towards the distal end of the socket.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.