Orthosis and method for controlling an orthosis
AssigneeOttobock SE & Co. Kgaa
InventorsDavid HOCHMANN, Heiko DREWITZ, Gordon SIEWERT, André Müller, Olaf KROLL-ORYWAHL
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Abstract
The invention relates to an orthosis for a lower limb, with a foot part, which has a sole for supporting a foot, and with at least one leg rail, which extends from the foot part and, in the fitted state, extends along a lower leg and has devices for supporting and/or securing the leg rail on the lower leg, wherein the orthosis is assigned at least one sensor for detecting orthosis parameters, which sensor is coupled to a control device, and the foot part is assigned at least one device coupled to the control device and/or materials for changing the stiffness of the sole.
Claims20
An orthosis for a lower limb, having a foot part which has a sole for supporting a foot, and having at least one leg rail which extends from said foot part and which in a fitted state extends along a lower leg and which has devices for supporting and/or fastening the leg rail on the lower leg, characterized in that the orthosis is assigned at least one sensor for detecting orthosis parameters, wherein the at least one sensor is coupled to a control device, and in that the foot part is assigned at least one device, which is coupled to the control device, and/or materials for varying the stiffness of the sole.
An orthosis for a lower limb, the orthosis having:
- a foot part which has a sole for supporting a foot, and
- at least one leg rail which extends from said foot part and which in a fitted state extends along a lower leg and which has devices for supporting and/or fastening the leg rail on the lower leg;
- wherein the orthosis further includes at least one sensor for detecting orthosis parameters, the at least one sensor being coupled to a control device;
- wherein the at least one leg rail is assigned at least one device coupled to the control device for varying the stiffness of the leg rail, and wherein the leg rail is assigned a drive for setting the orientation relative to the foot part and/or is assigned a fixing device for fixing the orientation relative to the foot part;
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- wherein the foot part is assigned at least one device which is coupled to the control device, and/or materials for varying the stiffness of the sole.
An orthosis for a lower limb, the orthosis having:
- a foot part which has a sole for supporting a foot, and
- at least one leg rail which extends from said foot part and which in a fitted state extends along a lower leg and which has devices for supporting and/or fastening the leg rail on the lower leg;
- wherein the orthosis further includes at least one sensor for detecting orthosis parameters, the at least one sensor being coupled to a control device;
- wherein the at least one leg rail is assigned at least one device coupled to the control device for varying the stiffness of the leg rail;
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- wherein the foot part is assigned at least one device coupled to the control device for varying the stiffness of the sole, the device for varying the stiffness of the sole including at least one of the following elements, or combinations thereof:
- an actuator for displacing a sole insert, a piezo element, a magnetorheological medium, a preloaded spring element, and/or a thermal element.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.