Arm prosthetic device

US9114028B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• DEKA Products Limited Parternship · US

Inventors

• Christopher C. Langenfeld · Nashua, US
• Christopher O. Evans · Amherst, US
• Stanley B. Smith, III · Raymond, US
• Alexander Muller · Steinen, DE
• John M. Kerwin · Manchester, US
• Thomas S. Schnellinger · Franklin, US
• G. Michael Guay · Greenville, US
• Dirk A. van der Merwe · Canterbury, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 6, 2008
• Grant date: Aug 25, 2015
• Expiry date: Feb 6, 2028

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61F2220/0075
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A prosthetic arm apparatus comprising 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 harness mount 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.