Abstract: An apparatus is provided for use with a prosthetic system. The apparatus includes a controller and a wireless smart device. The controller operates to gather data and derive prosthetic information from a plurality of sensors, and transmits the prosthetic information over a wireless radio link, where the controller and the plurality of sensors are disposed within the interior of a prosthetic socket. The wireless smart device is coupled to the controller via the wireless radio link, and receives the prosthetic information, and provides visual and audio representations of the prosthetic information to a user.
Type:
Application
Filed:
August 28, 2015
Publication date:
December 24, 2015
Applicant:
5280 Prosthetics LLC
Inventors:
Clint Accinni, Michael L. Kaessner, Royce Heck
Abstract: An apparatus is provided for use with a prosthetic system. The apparatus includes a controller and a wireless smart device. The controller operates to gather data and derive prosthetic information from a plurality of sensors, and transmits the prosthetic information over a wireless radio link, where the controller and the plurality of sensors are disposed within a housing that is within the interior of a prosthetic socket, the prosthetic socket having a formed reservoir at a distal end inside of which the housing is disposed. The wireless smart device is coupled to the controller via the wireless radio link, and receives the prosthetic information, and provides visual and audio representations of the prosthetic information to a user.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 20, 2011
Date of Patent:
September 1, 2015
Assignee:
5280 Prosthetics LLC
Inventors:
Clint Accinni, Michael L. Kaessner, Royce Heck
Abstract: An apparatus is provided for use with a prosthetic system. The apparatus includes a housing that is disposed within a prosthetic socket. The housing has a vacuum pump and a switch. The a vacuum pump is actuated to maintain a negative air pressure within the prosthetic socket. The switch is configured to allow a user to operate the vacuum pump.
Type:
Application
Filed:
November 29, 2012
Publication date:
September 19, 2013
Applicant:
5280 PROSTHETICS LLC
Inventors:
Clint Accini, Michael L. Kaessner, Royce Heck
Abstract: An apparatus is provided for use with a prosthetic system. The apparatus includes a controller and a wireless smart device. The controller operates to gather data and derive prosthetic information from a plurality of sensors, and transmits the prosthetic information over a wireless radio link, where the controller and the plurality of sensors are disposed within the interior of a prosthetic socket. The wireless smart device is coupled to the controller via the wireless radio link, and receives the prosthetic information, and provides visual and audio representations of the prosthetic information to a user.
Type:
Application
Filed:
July 20, 2011
Publication date:
January 26, 2012
Applicant:
5280 PROSTHETICS LLC
Inventors:
Clint Accinni, Michael L. Kaessner, Royce Heck