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Hydraulic system for a knee-ankle assembly controlled by a microprocessor

US10335291B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

PROTEOR · FR

Inventors

Xavier Bonnet · Voisins-le-Bretonneux, FR
Francis Djian · Chevigny-Saint-Sauveur, FR

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 26, 2013
Grant date	Jul 2, 2019
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 26, 2033

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61F2002/764
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A prosthesis can include a femoral segment suitable for a femoral connection to a user and a tibial segment connected to the femoral segment based on an articulation which reproduces movements of the knee, the tibial segment being articulated on a foot segment based on an articulation reproducing movements of the ankle, a first hydraulic damper the ends of which are joined respectively with the femoral and tibial segments, and a second hydraulic damper of which the ends are joined respectively with the tibial and foot segments.

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