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US 9,381,099 B2Granted
Arm prosthetic device
AssigneeDEKA Products Limited Partnership
InventorsN. Christopher Perry, Christopher O. Evans, Dirk A. van der Merwe, Stewart M Coulter, Keith D. Violette, Thomas A. Doyon
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Abstract
A system for powering a prosthetic arm is disclosed. The system includes at least one internal battery located in the prosthetic arm, at least one external battery connected to the prosthetic arm, and a master controller configured to connect either the at least one internal battery or the at least one external battery to a power bus to power the prosthetic arm.
Claims9
A system for powering a prosthetic arm comprising:
- at least one internal battery located in the prosthetic arm;
- at least one external battery connected to the prosthetic arm;
- and
- a master controller configured to selectively connect to either the at least one internal battery or the at least one external battery to a power bus to power the prosthetic arm.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.