Arm prosthetic device

US8449624B2 · 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
• Christopher C. Langenfeld · Nashua, US
• John M. Kerwin · Manchester, US
• Stewart M. Coulter · Bedford, US
• Stanley B. Smith, III · Raymond, US
• Keith D. Violette · Sandown, US
• Steven W. Nickson · Derry, US
• Thomas S. Schnellinger · Franklin, US
• Alexander Muller · Steinen, DE
• Gerald M. Guay · Greenville, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 16, 2010
• Grant date: May 28, 2013
• Expiry date: Feb 19, 2030

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61F2220/0075
• 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. Each segment of the plurality of segments provides a portion of the movement capability, enabling the plurality of connected segments connected to the harness mount to provide substantially the same movement capability as that lacking in the user.