Patents Assigned to FALZ & KANNENBERG GMBH & CO. KG
  • Artificial ankle, artificial foot and artificial leg
    Patent number: 9204979
    Abstract: The present invention relates in the field of orthopedics to an artificial ankle which imitates the natural human gait in a proper way, thereby enabling its user to walk not only in a plane environment but also uphill and downhill without any unpleasant effects. The present invention further relates to an artificial foot and an artificial leg containing said artificial ankle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2015
    Assignees: FALZ & KANNENBERG GMBH & CO. KG, NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Felix Starker, Urs Schneider, Andrew H. Hansen, Dudley S. Childress, Joachim Pauli, Carsten Pauli, Nancy Childress
  • ARTIFICIAL ANKLE, ARTIFICIAL FOOT AND ARTIFICIAL LEG
    Publication number: 20140074255
    Abstract: The present invention relates in the field of orthopedics to an artificial ankle which imitates the natural human gait in a proper way, thereby enabling its user to walk not only in a plane environment but also uphill and downhill without any unpleasant effects. The present invention further relates to an artificial foot and an artificial leg containing said artificial ankle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2011
    Publication date: March 13, 2014
    Applicants: NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY, FALZ & KANNENBERG GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Felix Starker, Urs Schneider, Andrew H. Hansen, Dudley S. Childress, Joachim Pauli, Carsten Pauli