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7531006 |
Sensing system and method for motion-controlled foot unit
A system and method for sensing movement of a device associated with a limb. In one example, a prosthetic or orthotic system includes a sensor assembly configured to measure movement of a component...
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7527253 |
Adjustable stiffness leaf spring actuators
The present invention is a spring based actuator with a leaf spring having a length, width and thickness and a coil spring positioned over the leaf spring. The coil spring further comprises: a...
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7520904 |
Prosthetic foot with an adjustable ankle and method
A prosthetic foot with an adjustable ankle includes an upper portion coupled to a socket of an amputee. A lower portion is adjustably coupled to the upper portion, and is attached to a foot member...
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7520864 |
Muscle stretch sensor
The methods and devices of a multi-functional operating interface for a care-taking machine. The multi-functional operating interface of the care-taking machine includes: muscle stretch sensor,...
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7485152 |
Prosthetic leg having electronically controlled prosthetic knee with regenerative braking feature
A prosthetic leg having an electronically controlled regenerative prosthetic knee. In certain embodiments of the present invention the knee may be passive, whereby it is used only to generate...
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7438724 |
System and method for force feedback
A system and method of grip force feedback for use with a prosthetic device is provided in the present invention. The system can include a prosthetic hand having a plurality of digits for use with...
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7431737 |
System and method for motion-controlled foot unit
A system and method associated with the movement of a limb. In one example, the system, such as a prosthetic or orthotic system, includes an actuator that actively controls, or adjusts, the angle...
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7422709 |
Electromagnetic rheological (EMR) fluid and method for using the EMR fluid
An electromagnetic rheological (“EMR”) fluid ( 18 ) broadly includes a conducting medium ( 22 ) and a plurality of micronparticles ( 24 ) suspended in the medium ( 22 ). Each of the...
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7410472 |
Articulating joint
The present invention pertains to an articulating joint that is disengageable between two modes of operation: unidirectional movement of the joint or bi-directional movement of the joint, with...
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7398255 |
Neural prosthesis with fuzzy logic control system
A neural prosthesis for providing a signal indicative of a predicted event from a cycle of events includes a signal-acquisition system for receiving a neural signal, and a fuzzy-logic inference...
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7314490 |
Actuated leg prosthesis for above-knee amputees
The actuated leg prosthesis comprises a knee member, a socket connector provided over the knee member, an elongated trans-tibial member having a bottom end under which is connected an artificial...
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RE39961 |
Computer controlled hydraulic resistance device for a prosthesis and other apparatus
A computer controlled hydraulic resistance device for apparatus such as a prosthetic knee for above knee amputees, includes a two stage pilot operated solenoid valve connected to control the flow...
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7302296 |
Electrical stimulation system and methods for treating phantom limb pain and for providing sensory feedback to an amputee from a prosthetic limb
This invention relates to a system and methods for relieving phantomlimb pain in amputees, and for providing an amputee with sensory feedback from a prosthetic limb. The system employs implantable...
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7186270 |
Foot-operated controller
A practical control device having up to eight independent channels of communication for simultaneously operating a plurality of electromechanical devices or for simultaneously performing a...
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7147865 |
Artificial synapse chip
Devices and methods are provided for administering a fluid to a neuronal site. The device comprises a reservoir, an aperture in fluid connection to the reservoir, and electrical means for moving to...
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7147667 |
Control system and method for controlling an actuated prosthesis
The method and the control system are used for determining a portion of locomotion and a phase of locomotion portion in view of controlling an actuated prosthesis in real time. Accordingly, the...
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7137998 |
Positioning of lower extremities artificial proprioceptors
The method is used for controlling an actuating mechanism of a prosthesis provided on one side of the lower body of an individual, the individual having a healthy leg on the other side....
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7131998 |
Device for measuring the relative angular position of two bodies with respect to a point, and articular prosthesis provided therewith
A device for measuring the relative angular position of two bodies with respect to a point is provided with a first measuring element and a second measuring element, relatively movable with respect...
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7118601 |
Parallel linkage and artificial joint device using the same
There are provided an artificial joint device that can realize an artificial limb enabling twisting motion without a drive source, and when with the drive source, reduce the size and costs of the...
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7001608 |
Artificial synapse chip interface for electronic prosthetic retina
The invention provides microfabricated devices and methods for directing the growth of a cell process to form an artificial synapse. The devices are called artificial synapse chips. The artificial...
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6952687 |
Cognitive state machine for prosthetic systems
A prosthetic system may use a decoder to predict an intended action, such as a reach, from processed signals generated from measured neural activity. The decoder may included a cognitive state...
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6923936 |
Sterile device and method for producing same
A sterile device immersed in a sterile buffer and a method for providing same. The sterile device may be a medical device such as a biosensor having a biomolecule as a sensing element such as, for...
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6908488 |
Support device replacing the existence or function of a limb
A prosthesis or orthosis (orthotic brace) includes at least two parts connected to each other by an artificial joint and a control device to brake or lock the joint. The prosthesis or orthosis...
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6764520 |
Electronically controlled prosthetic knee
The present invention relates to a variable-torque magnetorheologically actuated prosthetic knee which utilizes a plurality of interspersed and alternating rotors and stators to shear...
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6755870 |
Leg prosthesis with an artificial knee joint and method for controlling a leg prosthesis
There is provided a leg prosthesis, comprising a thigh portion ( 1 ) and a lower leg portion ( 2 ) both being connected by a knee joint ( 3 ), said knee joint ( 3 ) comprising a damping element ( 6...
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6740125 |
Knee-joint prosthesis with a hydraulic damping cylinder
The invention relates to a knee-joint prosthesis with a hydraulic damping cylinder ( 1 ) for regulating the swing phase control and stance phase stabilization, and with an electronic control for a...
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6740123 |
System for the control and monitoring of functional device for the disabled with energy from outside the body and a method for the remote control thereof
The present invention relates to a system for the control and monitoring of functional devices for the disabled with energy from outside the body, comprising actuator element(s), data-processing...
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6719806 |
Lower limb prosthesis and control unit
A lower limb prosthesis for an above-knee amputee that includes a dynamically adjustable knee movement control unit arranged to control flexion and/or extension of a knee joint of the prosthesis...
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6695885 |
Method and apparatus for coupling an implantable stimulator/sensor to a prosthetic device
A system of implantable sensor/stimulation devices that is configured to communicate with a prosthetic device, e.g., an artificial limb, via a wireless communication link, preferably...
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6689074 |
Wearable muscular-force supplementing device
A muscular-force supplementing device of the present invention includes an artificial muscular-force generating section and a control section that controls the driving of the artificial...
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6679920 |
Device and method for remote maintenance of an electronically controllable prosthesis
A device and a method for remote maintenance of an electronically controllable prosthesis ( 1 ) are provided. The prosthesis comprises a controller in which operating and/or movement data...
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6676707 |
Prosthetic devices for upper and lower limbs
The invention is directed to a prosthesis which includes first and second members pivotally coupled together and two links which are pivotally coupled together with one link being pivotally coupled...
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6673117 |
Single axis knee joint assembly
A prosthetic leg having a knee joint assembly that includes a plunger-activated, three-chamber cylinder body, a control valve, a control valve actuator, a pylon shaft and artificial foot. The knee...
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6660042 |
Methods of biomimetic finger control by filtering of distributed forelimib pressures
A method for controlling digit movement of a prosthesis based on residual forelimb volitional pressures is provided. A filter is provided for discriminating from the distributed pressures to...
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6645252 |
Drive unit for prosthetic limb
A drive unit for a prosthetic limb for driving a prosthetic limb with comfort for a long time. A Stirling engine is composed of a displacer unit mounted at an arbitrary portion other than...
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6618624 |
Progressive radial correction hand device
A progressive radial correction hand device for correcting ulnar finger deviation in a rheumatoid arthritic hand is described. The device comprises four elongate, soft, flexible finger straps, each...
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6589287 |
Artificial sensibility
The artificial sensibility device has a left sensor applied to a left finger, a middle sensor applied to a middle finger and a right sensor applied to a right finger of a hand. The sensors are...
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6530954 |
Adaptive senso-motor encoder for neuroprostheses
An adaptive sensory-motor encoder equipped with a central control unit for signal processing functions, monitoring functions, checking functions and/or external intervention functions. The encoder...
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6517585 |
Lower limb prosthesis
A lower limb prosthesis for an above-knee amputee has an adaptive control system which includes a knee flexion control device arranged to resist flexion at the knee joint both hydraulically and...
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6500210 |
System and method for providing a sense of feel in a prosthetic or sensory impaired limb
An apparatus for providing a person with stimuli corresponding to an external operation on a sensor of a prosthetic device used in conjunction with a prosthetic or sensory impaired limb. A lower...
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6493587 |
Device for the protected operation of neuroprostheses and method therefor
The invention relates to a system for the protection of neuroprosthesis operation against unauthorized access to the function or operating data. The system is assigned to neuroprostheses for...
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6443993 |
Self-adjusting prosthetic ankle apparatus
An auto-adjusting prosthetic ankle apparatus includes a base portion that is pivotally fixed to an attachment portion. The base portion is structured for being fixed to a foot blade, while the...
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6348070 |
Magnetic-interference-free surgical prostheses
Interference-free coil systems are coil systems having at least two coils which are identical in terms of inductance. These coils are arranged such that their magnetic fields are antiparallel to...
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6344062 |
Biomimetic controller for a multi-finger prosthesis
There is disclosed a control system for use with a prosthetic device comprising a sensor for sensing volitional movement of a muscle, tendon or ligament intended to cause an associated desired...
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6168634 |
Hydraulically energized magnetorheological replicant muscle tissue and a system and a method for using and controlling same
A hydraulically energized magnetorheological replicant muscle tissue is provided as well as a system and method for using and controlling the same. The artificial muscle tissue is capable of...
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6156435 |
Chemical vapor deposition of fluorocarbon polymer thin films
Provided are methods for forming a fluorocarbon polymer thin film on the surface of a structure. In one method, a monomer gas is exposed to a source of heat having a temperature sufficient to...
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6109852 |
Soft actuators and artificial muscles
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6077299 |
Non-invasively adjustable valve implant for the drainage of aqueous humor in glaucoma
A medical implant valve, for example, a glaucoma valve, is configured to be non-invasively adjustable. A rotor is operatively coupled to the valve to enable the position of valve to be adjusted...
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6064309 |
Swimming pool drowning prevention system
A swimming pool drowning prevention safety system. The swimming pool drowning prevention safety system comprises: an article wearable by a person, a radio frequency transmitting device coupled to...
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5893891 |
Prosthesis control system
An adaptive control system for an artificial limb has a piston and cylinder assembly for controlling knee joint flexion, an electronically driven motorised valve for varying the damping effect of...
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