Prosthetic hand
US11229532B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 21, 2018 |
| Grant date | Jan 25, 2022 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 11, 2039 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61F2002/6854
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Prosthetic hand (1) with a wrist (13) and provided with a hand palm (2) and fingers (4) attached to the hand palm (2), wherein the hand palm (2) and fingers (4) comprise bars (5) and joints (6) connecting the bars (5) forming a construction (7) supported by the wrist (13), wherein said bars (5) occupy a position with reference to each other de-pending on an external load applied to the construction (7), wherein a reaction force for said load applied to the construction (7) is provided by or through the wrist (13), and wherein the construction (7) has an unloaded position wherein the fingers (4) are stretched and a plurality of loaded positions corresponding to loads applied to an inner side of the hand (1) wherein the construction (7) is deflected from the unloaded position wherein the fingers (4) are stretched into a series of loaded positions in which the fingers (4) are flexed into increasingly bonded positions so as to eventually close the hand (1), and that said construction (7) is provided with a locking mechanism (9) to lock the construction (7) in one of the plurality of loaded positions.
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