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US 4,283,800 AGranted
Adjustable prosthetic element
OwnerMichael T. Wilsoninventor
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Abstract
A prosthetic device which is adjustable in the transverse plane includes a flanged element moldable in a plastic socket and an element having a toothed superior surface. The plastic socket is formed about the flanged element while using the toothed superior surface as a mold surface. A fastener engages the toothed superior surface and this affixes the formed socket to the toothed element. The fastener may be loosened so that incremental rotation of the toothed element relative the socket is permitted.
Claims7
A prosthesis comprising:
- a prosthetic element adapted on the inferior side for fixture to a second inferior prosthetic element and having formed on the superior side and in the transverse plane a toothed surface;
- a socket molded for mating with said toothed surface;
- and,
- means molded in said socket for fixing said socket to said prosthetic element;
- said toothed surface permitting incremental rotation about an axis perpendicular to the transverse plane of said socket relative to said prosthetic element.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.