Patent · US Expired

Artificial elbow mechanism

US4038706A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateDec 15, 1975
Grant dateAug 2, 1977
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Expiry dateDec 15, 1995

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA61F2002/6854
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Artificial elbow mechanism featured with the bending and active locking mechanisms attached to one control cable in such a way that the control cable passes on a pulley in the forearm part creating the point of application of a forearm flexion force and subsequently on a pulley accommodated inside the lock being the point of application of a force for releasing the lock by pulling the lock out from a cut-out in the arm part.

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