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US 9,295,576 B2Granted
Computerized orthotic prescription system
AssigneeOrthocare Innovations LLC
InventorsDavid Alan Boone, Toshiki Kobayashi
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Abstract
A method for tuning an orthosis for the correct stiffness and/or shank angle includes via one or more computers, receiving patient information including forces experienced by a joint of a patient wearing an orthosis, wherein the orthosis has a degree of stiffness and a shank angle, via one or more computers, comparing the patient information to model information, wherein the model information includes the forces of a correctly functioning joint, and changing the degree of stiffness and/or the shank angle of the orthosis.
Claims17
A method for tuning an orthosis, comprising:
- via one or more computers, receiving patient information including moment forces experienced by a joint of a patient wearing an orthosis, wherein the orthosis has a degree of stiffness and/or shank angle;
- via one or more computers, comparing the patient information to model information, wherein the model information includes the moment forces of a correctly functioning joint;
- and changing the degree of stiffness and/or shank angle of the orthosis, wherein changing the degree of stiffness and/or shank angle includes a step selected from a group consisting of trimming a portion of the orthosis to decrease stiffness, and increasing or decreasing friction of a mechanical pivot linking two components of the orthosis.
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