Sensor device for monitoring a prosthetic device
AssigneeProsthetic Sensing Technologies, LLC
InventorDavid M. Stedham
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Abstract
The sensor and alarm system for monitoring a relative position of a prosthetic device with respect to the residual portion of an amputee's limb includes a battery power supply; a proximity sensor for generating a position signal indicative of the relative position of the prosthetic device and the residual portion in the prosthetic device near the residual portion, and an alarm device for signaling when the prosthetic device is located in an injurious position or positions.
Claims11
A sensor device for monitoring a relative position of prosthetic device fitted to a residual portion of a limb of an amputee with respect to the residual portion of the limb, said sensor device comprising a battery power supply, proximity sensor means for generating a position signal indicative of a relative position of said prosthetic device with respect to said residual portion without contact with said residual portion, said proximity sensor means being held in said prosthetic device at a position adjacent said residual portion and being electrically connected to the battery power supply, and an alarm means for signaling the amputee when the prosthetic device is located in said at least one position.
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