US 12,336,918 B2
System and method for an artificial tendon-driven prosthesis
Aadeel Akhtar, Urbana, IL (US); James Austin, Champaign, IL (US); Dhipak Bala, Urbana, IL (US); and Valentino Wilson, Champaign, IL (US)
Assigned to PSYONIC, Inc., Champaign, IL (US)
Filed by PSYONIC, Inc., Urbana, IL (US)
Filed on Feb. 11, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/670,199.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/176,764, filed on Apr. 19, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/148,378, filed on Feb. 11, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0249257 A1, Aug. 11, 2022
Int. Cl. A61F 2/58 (2006.01); A61F 2/50 (2006.01); A61F 2/76 (2006.01); A61F 2/78 (2006.01); A61F 2/68 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 2/586 (2013.01) [A61F 2/76 (2013.01); A61F 2/78 (2013.01); A61F 2002/5038 (2013.01); A61F 2002/6872 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
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1. A system comprising:
an articulating prosthesis comprising a set of actuation points and a set of defined tendon routing channels defined through a body structure of the articulating prosthesis;
an osseointegration abutment comprising a sealed flexible film pocket made of an impermeable material;
an artificial tendon system, the artificial tendon system being integrated with the articulating prosthesis and comprising:
an external tendon actuation interface coupled relative to at least one actuation point of the set of actuation points and that comprises at least one external artificial tendon segment routed through one of the set of defined tendon routing channels, and
an internal artificial tendon segment, wherein the external artificial tendon segment is coupled to the internal artificial tendon segment through the sealed flexible film pocket of the osseointegration abutment.