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US 2025/0359998 A1Published application
Apparatus, system and method for assisting a path of motion
AssigneeNew York Society for the Relief of the Ruptured and Crippled, maintaining the Hospital for Special
InventorsLawrence Gulotta, Andreas Kontaxis
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Abstract
A prosthetic joint (200) for assisting a path of motion that includes a first component (118) including a first magnet (130a, 130b, 130c); a second component (124) engaging with the first component, the second component including a second magnet (126), and wherein the second magnet is located with respect to the first magnet so as to be in magnetic attraction when the first component and/or the second component is moved along the path of motion.
Claims19
A prosthetic joint for assisting a path of motion, characterized by:
- a first component including:
- an articular end,
- a stem end, and
- a first magnet positioned about the articular end of the first component;
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- a second component including:
- an articular end,
- a stem end, and
- a second magnet positioned about the articular end of the second component;
- wherein the second magnet is located with respect to the first magnet such that magnetic attraction will increase as at least one of the first magnet and the second magnet move along a path of motion.
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