US 11,916,583 B2
Supply system for orthopedic technology components and method
Alexander Pappe, Vienna (AT); Andreas Weigl-Pollack, Goldgeben (AT); Erik Albrecht-Laatsch, Rosdorf (DE); Michael Nolte, Seeburg (DE); Robert Hoffmann, Vienna (AT); Robert Kaitan, Vienna (AT); Luis Sagmeister, Pitten (AT); Thomas Pauser, Steinbrunn (AT); and Andreas Schramel, Steinbrunn (AT)
Assigned to OTTO BOCK HEALTHCARE PRODUCTS GMBH, Vienna (AT)
Appl. No. 15/733,263
Filed by Otto Bock Healthcare Products GmbH, Vienna (AT)
PCT Filed Dec. 18, 2018, PCT No. PCT/EP2018/085663
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 18, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/121792, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 27, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2017 131 195.5 (DE), filed on Dec. 22, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2021/0099193 A1, Apr. 1, 2021
Int. Cl. A61F 2/70 (2006.01); A61F 5/01 (2006.01); H02J 7/00 (2006.01); H04B 1/16 (2006.01); A61B 90/70 (2016.01); A61G 5/04 (2013.01); H04B 1/08 (2006.01); A61F 2/50 (2006.01); A61F 2/76 (2006.01)
CPC H04B 1/1607 (2013.01) [A61B 90/70 (2016.02); A61F 2/70 (2013.01); A61F 5/0102 (2013.01); A61G 5/04 (2013.01); H02J 7/00034 (2020.01); H02J 7/0044 (2013.01); H02J 7/00045 (2020.01); H04B 1/08 (2013.01); A61F 2002/5092 (2013.01); A61F 2002/702 (2013.01); A61F 2002/705 (2013.01); A61F 2002/768 (2013.01); A61F 2005/0155 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A supply system for at least one orthopedic component, the supply system comprising:
at least one electronic device;
at least one of a supply connection and a radio device for at least one of receiving data and electrical energy;
a holder for the orthopedic component;
a supply device, compatible with the at least one of the supply connection and the radio device, for supplying the orthopedic component with at least one of data and energy, wherein after the orthopedic component is coupled to the supply device, a mode switchover of the orthopedic component from an operating mode to a supply mode is carried out, wherein, as a function of the orthopedic component, data adapted to the orthopedic component are transmitted from the supply device to the supply connection in the supply mode, wherein, in the operating mode, initiation of a function test in a fitted state of the orthopedic component is prevented, and wherein, in the supply mode, some functions of the orthopedic component are turned off and some functions of the orthopedic component are activated to initiate the function test of the orthopedic component in an unfitted state, and wherein the function test of the orthopedic component is only performed in the unfitted state.