Patent · US Expired

Prosthetic foot with ankle joint and toe member

US5258038A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMay 10, 1991
Grant dateNov 2, 1993
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Expiry dateMay 10, 2011

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA61F2002/6657
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A prosthetic foot includes an ankle member, a heel member and a toe member coupled to each other for relative pivotable movement with the pivotable movement resisted by elastomeric pads. The heel and ankle member are connected through a joint allowing for translational and pivotable torsional motion of the ankle with respect to the heel and provided with limit stops in the axle and the side walls of the heel member to limit the torsional and translation motion of the ankle joint. The toe member is formed symmetrically to be used for left and right feet with symmetrically positioned and mirror imaged fore sections.

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