Prosthetic foot component
AssigneeOttobock SE & Co. Kgaa
InventorMartin PUSCH
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Abstract
The invention relates to a prosthetic foot component comprising: a. a proximal fastening system for securing the prosthetic foot component to a proximal component or to a patient; b. a retaining portion situated distally relative to the fastening system and connected to the latter; and c. a main spring extending in a front-foot region and coupled to the retaining portion, wherein: said retaining portion is mounted on the main spring to tilt on the sagittal plane; and a posterior limiting element, which limits the displacement of the retaining portion away from the main spring, is provided between the main spring and the retaining portion.
Claims20
A prosthetic foot insert with
- a. a proximal fastening device for securing the prosthetic foot insert to a proximal component or to a patient,
- b. a holder which is arranged distally with respect to the fastening device and is connected to the fastening device, and
- c. a main spring which extends into a forefoot region and is coupled to the holder, characterized in that
- the holder is mounted on the main spring so as to be tiltable in the sagittal plane, wherein a posterior limiting element is arranged between the main spring and the holder and limits a displacement of the holder away from the main spring.
A prosthetic foot insert comprising:
- a proximal fastening device for securing the prosthetic foot insert to a proximal component or to a patient;
- a holder which is arranged distally with respect to the fastening device and is connected to the fastening device;
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- a combined main spring having at least one proximal spring and at least one distal spring secured to each other at points spaced apart from each other so as to form a free space, the combined main spring extending into a forefoot region and is coupled to the holder;
- wherein the holder is mounted on the main spring so as to be tiltable in the sagittal plane, wherein a posterior limiting element is arranged between the main spring and the holder and limits a displacement of the holder away from the main spring.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.