Arm prosthetic device with antenna including housing as radiating element

US10918500B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• DEKA Products Limited Parternship · US

Inventors

• Christopher O. Evans · Amherst, US
• N. Christopher Perry · Manchester, US
• Dirk A. van der Merwe · Canterbury, US
• Keith D. Violette · Sandown, US
• Stewart M. Coulter · Bedford, US
• Thomas A. Doyon · Manchester, US
• David Blumberg, JR. · Deerfield, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 14, 2017
• Grant date: Feb 16, 2021
• Expiry date: Nov 7, 2038

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F16D41/12
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A prosthetic arm apparatus including a plurality of segments that provide a user of the prosthetic arm apparatus with substantially the same movement capability and function as a human arm. The segments are connectable to one another and connectable to a prosthetic support apparatus that may be adorned by the user. A prosthetic limb segment includes a housing having an input interface and an output interface, the output interface and the input interface being moveable with respect to one another, a motorized drive disposed within the housing, the motorized drive effecting movement of at least one of the output interface or the input interface, and a controller disposed within the housing for controlling actuation of the motorized drive. The controller may be configured to communicate with at least a second motorized drive of at least a second prosthetic limb segment to control actuation thereof.