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AssigneeNabtesco Corporation
InventorHiroaki HASHIMOTO
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A prosthetic limb includes: a socket as a thigh part; a thigh joint part provided on a side of the socket; a lower leg part coupled to the thigh joint part and provided to be rotatable around a knee shaft; a thigh part inclination angle acquisition unit that acquires an inclination angle Ψ formed by the socket relative to a vertical line passing through the knee shaft; and a rotational resistance control unit that weakens a rotational resistance of the knee shaft in accordance with a transition from a positive inclination angle formed when the socket is inclined rearward relative to the vertical line to a negative inclination angle formed when the socket is inclined forward relative to the vertical line.
An artificial knee joint comprising:
An artificial knee joint provided with a thigh joint part provided on a side of a thigh part and with a lower leg part coupled to the thigh joint part and provided to be rotatable around a knee shaft, including:
An artificial knee joint provided with a thigh joint part provided on a side of a thigh part and with a lower leg part coupled to the thigh joint part and provided to be rotatable around a knee shaft, including:
A method of controlling an artificial knee joint provided with a thigh joint part provided on a side of a thigh part and with a lower leg part coupled to the thigh joint part and provided to be rotatable around a knee shaft, the method including:
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