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US 8,999,003 B2Granted
Control system for prosthetic limb
AssigneeThe Johns Hopkins University
InventorsDouglas S. Wenstrand, Stuart D. Harshbarger
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Abstract
A controller for a prosthetic device includes a processing section, an interface section connected to the processing section, and a power supply connected to both the processing section and the interface section. A dorsal indicator and a dorsal switch are disposed in a hand portion of the prosthetic device, and are both connected to the interface section.
Claims18
A controller for a prosthetic device, comprising:
- a processing section;
- an interface section connected to the processing section;
- a power supply connected to the processing section and the interface section;
- a dorsal indicator disposed in a hand portion of the prosthetic device and connected to the interface section;
- and
- a dorsal switch disposed in the hand portion and connected to the interface section, wherein
- the controller is completely disposed in a hand portion of the prosthetic device,
- the processing section and the interface section are disposed on a processing board and an interface board, respectively,
- the processing board and the interface board are disposed directly on top of each other in a tray of the hand portion, and
- one of the processing section and the interface section is configured to pivot to expose the other of the processing section and the interface section without disconnecting the processing section from the interface section and without disconnecting the processing section or the interface section from the hand portion.
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A system for controlling a prosthetic device, comprising:
- a limb controller comprising:
- a processing section;
- an interface section connected to the processing section;
- an indicator disposed in a hand portion of the prosthetic device and connected to the interface section;
- and
- a dorsal switch disposed in the hand portion and connected to the interface section;
- a power supply connected to the processing section and the interface section;
- a controller area network bus connected to the limb controller;
- and
- finger buses connected to the limb controller.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.