US 11,998,461 B2
Modular prosthetics devices
Wallace Gregory Sawyer, Gainesville, FL (US); Brian P. Bartlett, Seattle, WA (US); and Derek L. Hood, Gainesville, FL (US)
Assigned to UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC., Gainesville, FL (US)
Filed by University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc., Gainesville, FL (US); and Brian P. Bartlett, Seattle, WA (US)
Filed on May 16, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/745,382.
Application 17/745,382 is a continuation of application No. 16/643,372, granted, now 11,337,833, previously published as PCT/US2018/049085, filed on Aug. 31, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/553,586, filed on Sep. 1, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2022/0346984 A1, Nov. 3, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61F 2/60 (2006.01); A61F 2/54 (2006.01); A61F 2/64 (2006.01); A61F 2/76 (2006.01); A61F 2/78 (2006.01); A61F 2/50 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 2/78 (2013.01) [A61F 2/54 (2013.01); A61F 2/60 (2013.01); A61F 2/76 (2013.01); A61F 2002/5006 (2013.01); A61F 2002/5033 (2013.01); A61F 2002/5083 (2013.01); A61F 2002/543 (2013.01); A61F 2002/607 (2013.01); A61F 2002/7875 (2013.01); A61F 2002/7887 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
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1. An interchangeable prosthetic module for removable attachment to a prosthetic device, comprising:
a first end configured to engage with a mounting base of a chassis assembly of the prosthetic device; and
a second end opposite the first end, the second end configured to engage with a joint portion of the chassis assembly, the second end comprising a locking mechanism including a pair of flanges configured to engage with a cavity of the joint portion, where the pair of flanges rest in a disengaged position to facilitate insertion in the cavity and flex outward to engage with the cavity to secure the locking mechanism to the joint portion, wherein the pair of flanges is engaged with the cavity via rotation of a lever.