US 12,245,955 B2
Prosthetic device and method with compliant linking member and actuating linking member
Matthew A. Holgate, Chandler, AZ (US)
Assigned to Össur Iceland ehf, Reykjavik (IS)
Filed by Össur Iceland ehf, Reykjavik (IS)
Filed on Dec. 12, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/712,511.
Application 16/712,511 is a division of application No. 15/146,826, filed on May 4, 2016, granted, now 10,543,109.
Application 15/146,826 is a continuation in part of application No. 14/081,857, filed on Nov. 15, 2013, granted, now 9,532,877, issued on Jan. 3, 2017.
Application 14/081,857 is a continuation in part of application No. 13/673,177, filed on Nov. 9, 2012, granted, now 9,604,368, issued on Mar. 28, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/558,761, filed on Nov. 11, 2011.
Prior Publication US 2020/0214856 A1, Jul. 9, 2020
Int. Cl. A61F 2/66 (2006.01); A61F 2/60 (2006.01); A61F 2/70 (2006.01); A61F 2/78 (2006.01); B25J 19/00 (2006.01); A61F 2/30 (2006.01); A61F 2/50 (2006.01); A61F 2/64 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 2/6607 (2013.01) [A61F 2/60 (2013.01); A61F 2/70 (2013.01); A61F 2/78 (2013.01); B25J 19/0091 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30471 (2013.01); A61F 2002/5003 (2013.01); A61F 2002/5006 (2013.01); A61F 2002/5072 (2013.01); A61F 2002/5073 (2013.01); A61F 2/644 (2013.01); A61F 2/66 (2013.01); A61F 2002/6614 (2013.01); A61F 2002/701 (2013.01); A61F 2002/704 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49826 (2015.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A prosthetic device, comprising:
a foot member comprising an end effector working element and one or more connecting members, the end effector working element comprising a ground-contacting bottom surface, wherein the end effector working element and the one or more connecting members are rigidly connected to one another, the foot member further including a first joint and a second joint, wherein the first joint and the second joint are located between a toe end and a heel end of the foot member;
a moveable body including a first joint and a second joint;
a base body directly coupled to the first joint of the foot member at a first location, the base body configured to couple to a residual limb of a user at a second location such that the base body is fixed or non-rotational with respect to the user;
a compliant linking member disposed between and connected to the second joint of the foot member and the first joint of the moveable body; and
an actuator disposed between and connected to the base body and the second joint of the moveable body,
wherein the foot member is configured to rotate as a single body relative to the moveable body.