Artificial elbow mechanism
US4038706A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 15, 1975 |
| Grant date | Aug 2, 1977 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 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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