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Prosthetic fingertip end effectors

US10869773B2 · kind B2 · utility

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7References

30Claims

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Assignee

College Park Industries, Inc. · US

Inventors

Carlos Humberto Martinez-Luna · Boylston, US
Michael Alfred Delph, II · Port Jefferson Station, US
Taylor Raven Duckworth · Merrimack, US
Todd Richard Farrell · Waltham, US
Thane R. Hunt · Worcester, US
Craig Malone Kelly · Dracut, US
Kevin E. Keough · Sharon, US
Carlton Winslow King · Westfield, US
Benjamin Douglas Pulver · Naples, US
Todd Roberts · Bossier City, US
Benjamin Edward McDonald · Holliston, US

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 10, 2018
Grant date	Dec 22, 2020
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 17, 2039

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61F2002/6872
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A prosthetic finger includes a main body and a terminal gripper at an end of the main body for enabling fine-motor grasping skills. The terminal gripper has at least two tongs movable relative to one another. The prosthetic finger includes a gripping mode and a flexion mode. In the gripping mode, the tongs of the terminal gripper are able to move relative to one another while the main body is not able to flex, and in the flexion mode, the main body is able to flex while the at two tongs is not able to move relative to one another.

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