CPC A61F 2/80 (2013.01) [A61F 2/5046 (2013.01); B33Y 10/00 (2014.12); B33Y 80/00 (2014.12); A61F 2240/002 (2013.01)] | 17 Claims |
1. A prosthetic socket for a prosthetic limb, the prosthetic socket comprising:
a socket body comprising a distal end and a top edge opposite the distal end, and wherein the distal end comprises a prosthetic component attachment mechanism, and
a first structural member defined by a plurality of first portions raised from the outer surface of the socket body, the first raised portions having a triangular shape and comprising a first straight portion, a second straight portion, and a first arch portion, and wherein the first structural member is disposed on a medial, exterior surface of the socket body and wherein the socket body within the triangular shape of the first structural member exhibits a first wall thickness that is less than a second wall thickness of the first structural member; and
wherein the first straight portion of the first structural member comprises a first end fixed to a second end of the second straight portion of the first structural member, a third end of the first arch portion is fixed to a fourth end of the first straight portion, and a fifth end of the first arch portion is fixed to a sixth end of the second straight portion of the first structural member.
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