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Prosthesis

US8906113B2 · kind B2 · utility

7Cited by

2References

16Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Otto Bock Healthcare LP · DE

Inventors

Lueder Mosler · Duderstadt, DE
Scott Weber · Bethlehem, US

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 26, 2012
Grant date	Dec 9, 2014
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 26, 2032

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61F2002/802
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The invention relates to a prosthesis with a prosthesis socket which has an inner face and is designed to be arranged on an amputation stump after a liner has been pulled over the latter, such that the inner face is directed toward the liner and a volume is enclosed between the inner face and the liner, and with a pump for generating an underpressure in the volume when the prosthesis socket is arranged on the amputation stump, characterized in that the pump is a peristaltic pump (1).

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