US 2024/0189120 A1Published application

Prosthesis socket vacuum suction structure

AssigneeKen Dall Enterprise Co., Ltd.

InventorsChia-Pao CHENG, Hsiang-Ming WU

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Abstract

A prosthesis socket vacuum suction structure includes a fluid chamber and a fluid supply compartment formed in an interior of an ankle pressure cylinder. The fluid chamber is divided by a piston to form upper and fluid chambers. A fluid-chamber channel is connected from the fluid supply compartment to the upper fluid chamber. A diversion channel is connected from the fluid-chamber channel to the lower fluid chamber. An angle of the ankle pressure cylinder oscillates through displacement, and the piston is driven to regulate interior fluid pressures of the upper and lower fluid chambers to realize balancing and cushioning. Further, an air chamber is arranged in the interior of the ankle pressure cylinder so as to reduce the size and also to simultaneously regulate an interior pressure of a socket through operation of the air chamber in combination with displacement of the user.

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Dependent claims

A prosthesis socket vacuum suction structure, comprising:

an ankle pressure cylinder having an interior in which a fluid chamber and a fluid supply compartment are arranged, a piston being arranged in an interior of the fluid chamber respectively define an upper fluid chamber and a lower fluid chamber in an upper portion and a lower portion thereof, a fluid-chamber channel being formed in a top end of the fluid supply compartment and connected to and in communication with the upper fluid chamber, a diversion channel being connected from a middle of the fluid-chamber channel to the lower fluid chamber;
a socket assembly, which is connected to an upper portion of the ankle pressure cylinder;
and a prosthesis sole, which is connected to a lower portion of the ankle pressure cylinder, wherein an angle the ankle pressure cylinder is oscillated through displacement to allow the piston to regulate interior fluid pressures of the upper fluid chamber and the lower fluid chamber for balancing and cushioning.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.