Patents Assigned to Etablissements Proteor SA
  • Hydraulic device for correcting the gait of a femoral amputee
    Patent number: 5376138
    Abstract: A device has a valve (21) activated by hydraulic fluid in opposition to a resilient restoring element (27) and blocking off an outlet in the bottom of a cylinder ( 3 ) when the fluid, responsive to being compressed by a piston (5), exerts a specified pressure subsequent to an involuntary movement on the part of a femoral amputee wearing the device so as to correct the gait of the amputee.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 1993
    Date of Patent: December 27, 1994
    Assignee: Etablissements Proteor SA
    Inventors: Jean-Claude Bouchard, Bernard Vera