Control system and method for a prosthetic knee

Details Control system and method for a prosthetic knee Control system and method for a prosthetic knee

A - Human Necessities

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A61F 2/68 (2006.01) A61F 2/64 (2006.01)

Patent

CA 2559890

A prosthetic or orthotic system (100) including a magnetorheological (MR) damper. The MR damper may be configured to operate in shear mode. In one embodiment, the MR damper includes a rotary MR damper. A controller is configured to operate the damper. A mobile computing device (320) may be adapted to intermittently communicate configuration parameters to the controller. A method of configuring a prosthetic or orthotic system is also disclosed.

L'invention concerne un système prothétique ou orthotique comprenant un amortisseur magnéto-réologique (MR). Cet amortisseur MR peut être configuré pour fonctionner en mode de cisaillement. Dans un mode de réalisation, cet amortisseur comporte un amortisseur MR rotatif. Un organe de commande est configuré pour actionner l'amortisseur. Un dispositif de calcul mobile peut être conçu pour communiquer de manière intermittente des paramètres de configuration à l'organe de commande. Un procédé de configuration d'un système prothéthique ou orthotique est également décrit.

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