Patents Assigned to Otto Bock Healthcare Products GmbH
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Patent number: 12076253Abstract: A method for producing orthosis or prosthesis components for receiving or for fastening to a body part, the method including: applying a base layer to a support corresponding in form to the form of the body part, arranging multiple fastening elements having a base and an interlocking element protruding from the base, on the base layer in defined positions relative to one another, the base of the fastening element resting on the base layer or facing towards the base layer, placing at least one layer of a fiber composite material on the base layer and embedding the base, the interlocking element remaining accessible from the side facing away from the base layer, and curing the at least one fiber composite material layer.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2019Date of Patent: September 3, 2024Assignee: OTTO BOCK HEALTHCARE PRODUCTS GMBHInventors: Gordon Siewert, Etienne Overdevest, Marco Volkmar
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Patent number: 11963888Abstract: A method for controlling the standing-phase damping of an artificial knee joint comprising an upper part and a lower part which are secured together in a pivotal manner about a pivot axis, a resistance unit which is arranged between the upper part and the lower part and has an adjustment device via which the damping resistance can be modified, and a control unit which is coupled to the adjustment device and which is connected to at least one sensor. The adjustment is carried out on the basis of sensor data, and the knee angle is detected by the at least one sensor during the standing-phase inflexion up to the terminal standing phase. The flexion damping is increased to a level above an initial flexion damping in order to prevent a further inflexion upon reaching a specified maximum knee angle.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2021Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: OTTO BOCK HEALTHCARE PRODUCTS GMBHInventors: Dirk Seifert, Sven Zarling
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Patent number: 11957610Abstract: A positioning device for arranging and orienting multiple securing elements on a base layer of a base body of an orthopaedic device. The positioning device includes a first holder having at least one receiving device for a securing element, and a second holder having at least one receiving device for a securing element, wherein the first holder and the second holder are mounted on one another such that they can swivel about a swivel axis about a restricted angular range starting from a starting position.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2019Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: OTTO BOCK HEALTHCARE PRODUCTS GMBHInventor: Etienne Overdevest
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Patent number: 11944555Abstract: A gripping device having a chassis, at least one first finger element pivotally mounted on the chassis, at least one drive, and a force transmission element coupling the drive to the first finger element. The force transmission element pivots the first finger element relative to the chassis about two differently oriented pivot axes.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2018Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: OTTO BOCK HEALTHCARE PRODUCTS GMBHInventor: Florian Eder
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Patent number: 11931274Abstract: A prosthesis device having a tension element, fastened to a tensile force brace, which drives a movable component of a prosthesis device upon applying a tension force, wherein a sensor device is allocated to the tension element which detects the actuation of the tension element and activates a motor allocated to the movable component.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2021Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: OTTO BOCK HEALTHCARE PRODUCTS GMBHInventors: Janos Kalmar, Roland Pawlik, Florian Fuchs
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Patent number: 11931273Abstract: A method for controlling an artificial orthotic or prosthetic knee joint, on which a lower-leg component is arranged and with which a resistance device is associated, the bending resistance (R) of which resistance device is changed in dependence on sensor data that are determined by at least one sensor during the use of the orthotic or prosthetic knee joint, wherein a linear acceleration (aF) of the lower-leg component is determined, the determined linear acceleration (aF) is compared with at least one threshold value, and, if a threshold value of the linear acceleration (aF) of the lower-leg component is reached, the bending resistance (R) is changed.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2021Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: OTTO BOCK HEALTHCARE PRODUCTS GMBHInventors: Roland Auberger, Martin Seyr, Clemens Mandl, Dirk Seifert, Hans Dietl
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Patent number: 11916583Abstract: A supply system for at least one orthopedic technology component, which has at least one electronic and/or electrical device and has a supply connection and/or a radio device for receiving data and/or electrical energy. The supply system also includes a holder for the orthopedic technology component, which has a supply device, and which is compatible with the supply connection and/or the radio device, for supplying the orthopedic technology component with data and/or energy. The invention further relates to a system consisting of a supply system and an orthopedic technology device, and to a method for supplying the system with data and/or energy.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2018Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: OTTO BOCK HEALTHCARE PRODUCTS GMBHInventors: Alexander Pappe, Andreas Weigl-Pollack, Erik Albrecht-Laatsch, Michael Nolte, Robert Hoffmann, Robert Kaitan, Luis Sagmeister, Thomas Pauser, Andreas Schramel
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Patent number: 11872145Abstract: A linear force-measuring device for a hydraulic actuator of an orthopedic device. The force-measuring device includes a base, a bearing receptacle and at least one sensor for detecting changes in length between the base and the bearing receptacle, wherein the bearing receptacle is connected to the base via two opposing connecting parts, and the at least one sensor is secured to one of the connecting parts.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2018Date of Patent: January 16, 2024Assignee: OTTO BOCK HEALTHCARE PRODUCTS GMBHInventors: Christian Breuer-Ruesch, Andreas Gradischar, Juan Pablo Mejia Nino, Roland Auberger, Alexander Noah Spring
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Patent number: 11865061Abstract: An orthopedic technical device having a top part and a bottom part, which are connected to each other by at least one joint device so as to be pivotable about a joint axis, and at least one attachment device with which the orthopedic technical device can be fixed to a limb. The orthopedic technical device also has an actuator, which is fixed to attachment points on the top part and the bottom part and influences a pivoting of the top part relative to the bottom part, wherein the orientation of the bottom part can be adjusted relative to the limb which is fixable to the upper part.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2018Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: OTTO BOCK HEALTHCARE PRODUCTS GMBHInventors: Dirk Seifert, Roland Auberger, Christian Breuer-Ruesch, Alexander Noah Spring, Marco Volkmar
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Publication number: 20230398004Abstract: A method for configuring a myoelectrically controlled prosthetic system with a prosthesis socket and several lead electrodes for recording electric muscle activities, featuring the steps: placement of a surface electrode arrangement comprising several surface electrodes around the circumference of a residual limb, recording of electric muscle activity in muscles of the residual limb as electromyographic signals, said activity being recorded by the surface electrodes, evaluation of the myoelectric signals with regards to the distinctness of the signals, selection of the control procedure that is to be used to control the prosthesis system, based on the evaluation of the distinctness of the signals, and fixing of the lead electrodes to the prosthesis socket.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 15, 2023Publication date: December 14, 2023Applicant: OTTO BOCK HEALTHCARE PRODUCTS GMBHInventors: Christoph MESSNER, Sebastian AMSUESS, Georg BRANDMAYR, Martin WEHRLE, Markus FRIEDRICH, Johannes STEININGER
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Patent number: 11839557Abstract: A prosthesis system having at least two sensors, at least one control device, which is coupled to the sensors and processes sensor signals of the sensors, at least one actuator, which is coupled to the control device and can be activated or deactivated on the basis of control signals of the control device, and at least one movably mounted prosthesis component, which can be displaced by the actuator. A standard program, which assigns an actuator action to each sensor independently of the duration and/or intensity of the sensor signal, is stored in the control device or can be called up by the control device.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2018Date of Patent: December 12, 2023Assignee: OTTO BOCK HEALTHCARE PRODUCTS GMBHInventors: Sebastian Amsuess, Benjamin Gmeiner, Matthias Schobesberger
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Publication number: 20230338168Abstract: A prosthesis cosmetic having a main part made of a foam material and/or composite fiber material and a cavity formed in the main part for receiving a prosthesis component, wherein the main part has an outside facing away from the cavity, on which outside a textile layer is arranged, an adhesive being applied on the inside of the textile layer facing the main part and the textile layer being adhered or laminated on the outside of the main part.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 1, 2021Publication date: October 26, 2023Applicant: OTTO BOCK HEALTHCARE PRODUCTS GMBHInventors: Sonja WAGNER, Walter LUNZER, Alice SCHERB
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Patent number: 11786382Abstract: A joint device of an orthosis or prosthesis or for an orthosis or prosthesis with an upper part, a lower part, a joint that comprises a joint axis, about which the upper part is mounted such that it can be swivelled relative to the lower part, and an actuator, which is designed to influence a swivelling of the upper part relative to the lower part. The actuator is mounted at an upper part fixing point on the upper part and at a lower part fixing point on the lower part. At least two joints are arranged between the upper part fixing point and the lower part fixing point, wherein the joints enable a swivelling of the actuator relative to the upper part fixing point and the lower part fixing point, and the joints each form at least one joint axis, at least one of which is not oriented parallel to the joint axis.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2018Date of Patent: October 17, 2023Assignee: Otto Bock Healthcare Products GmbHInventors: Roland Auberger, Christian Breuer-Ruesch, Sebastian Krepper
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Patent number: 11771570Abstract: A securing arrangement of a prosthetic hand on a forearm socket with a receiving frame that can be fixed to the forearm socket, the prosthetic hand being fixed to said receiving frame, wherein the receiving frame is designed to feature radially-directed openings through which the securing elements protrude. The securing elements positively engage with a proximal connection section of the prosthetic hand.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2017Date of Patent: October 3, 2023Assignee: OTTO BOCK HEALTHCARE PRODUCTS GMBHInventors: Stefan Fitz, Klaus Weissmayer
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Publication number: 20230248548Abstract: An actuator-damper unit for use in orthotic or prosthetic devices. The actuator-damper unit includes a housing which may be fastened on the orthotic or prosthetic device and in which a cylinder is formed. A first piston is displaceably mounted in the cylinder and is coupled to a piston rod. The piston rod is disposed, via a first end, on the first piston and may be coupled, via a second end, to the orthotic or prosthetic device. The first piston separates two fluid chambers in the cylinder from each other and forms a piston-cylinder unit, wherein at least one further piston is coupled to the first piston in order to form at least one further, variable-volume fluid chamber.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 21, 2022Publication date: August 10, 2023Applicant: Otto Bock Healthcare Products GMBHInventors: Roland AUBERGER, Harald SIMA, Martin SEYR
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Patent number: 11707367Abstract: A method for configuring a myoelectrically controlled prosthetic system with a prosthesis socket and several lead electrodes for recording electric muscle activities, featuring the steps: placement of a surface electrode arrangement comprising several surface electrodes around the circumference of a residual limb, recording of electric muscle activity in muscles of the residual limb as electromyograhic signals, the activity being recorded by the surface electrodes, evaluation of the myoelectric signals with regards to the distinctness of the signals, selection of the control procedure that is to be used to control the prosthesis system, based on the evaluation of the distinctness of the signals, and fixing of the lead electrodes to the prosthesis socket.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2019Date of Patent: July 25, 2023Assignee: Otto Bock Healthcare Products GmbHInventors: Christoph Messner, Sebastian Amsuess, Georg Brandmayr, Martin Wehrle, Markus Friedrich, Johannes Steininger
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Patent number: D1031041Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 2022Date of Patent: June 11, 2024Assignee: Otto Bock Healthcare Products GmbHInventors: Adam Wehsely-Swiczinsky, Ewald Neuhofer, Matthias Ritschl
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Patent number: D1033645Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 2022Date of Patent: July 2, 2024Assignee: OTTO BOCK HEALTHCARE PRODUCTS GMBHInventors: Adam Wehsely-Swiczinsky, Ewald Neuhofer
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Patent number: D1046146Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 2022Date of Patent: October 8, 2024Assignee: OTTO BOCK HEALTHCARE PRODUCTS GMBHInventors: Adam Wehsely-Swiczinsky, Ewald Neuhofer, Matthias Ritschl
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Patent number: D1046147Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 2022Date of Patent: October 8, 2024Assignee: Otto Bock Healthcare Products GmbHInventor: Adam Wehsely-Swiczinsky