Patents Assigned to Otto Bock Healthcare Products GmbH
  • Patent number: 11384800
    Abstract: A jamming roller lock with a housing and at least two jamming discs, which are arranged in the housing such that they can be rotated and which each comprise at least one recess, in which a jamming roller is located, at least one driving projection and at least one driven projection, wherein the jamming discs are arranged and designed in such a way that a rotation of the jamming discs can be achieved by driving the driving projections and a rotation of the jamming discs is prevented by driving the driven projections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: Otto Bock Healthcare Products GmbH
    Inventors: Luis Sagmeister, Christoph Ledinger
  • Publication number: 20220202593
    Abstract: A method for controlling a damping modification in an artificial knee joint of an orthosis, an exoskeleton, or a prosthesis. The artificial knee joint has an upper part pivotally connected to a lower part. A resistance unit is secured between the upper part and the lower part in order to provide a resistance against a flexion or extension. The resistance unit is paired with an adjustment device to modify the resistance when a sensor signal of a control unit paired with the adjustment device activates the adjustment device. The flexion resistance is reduced for the swing phase. A curve of at least one load characteristic is detected when walking or standing; a maximum of the load characteristic curve when standing is ascertained; and the flexion damping is reduced to a swing-phase damping level during the standing phase when a threshold of the load characteristic below a maximum is reached.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2022
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Applicant: OTTO BOCK HEALTHCARE PRODUCTS GMBH
    Inventors: Dirk SEIFERT, Roland PAWLIK, Martin SEYR
  • Patent number: 11298248
    Abstract: An orthopedic device with an end effector and a driving device, which is configured to drive the end effector by transferring a torque from the driving device to the end effector, wherein the orthopedic device features an overload protection that is configured to only prevent a transmission of a torque from the end effector to the driving device up to a threshold torque in at least one direction, and the overload protection includes at least a first coupling element and a second coupling element, which can be rotated relative to one another and which are coupled magnetically.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: Otto Bock Healthcare Products GmbH
    Inventor: Luis Sagmeister
  • Publication number: 20220071780
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for controlling an orthotic or prosthetic device and an orthotic or prosthetic device, which can be placed on the body of a user and secured, including a joint device having a proximal component and a distal component, which are pivotally mounted on one another about a pivot axis; at least one adjustable actuator which is arranged between the proximal component and the distal component and via which a movement behaviour relating to a pivoting of the proximal component relative to the distal component can be adjusted; at least one detection device for detecting muscle contractions; and a control device which is coupled to the detection device and to the actuator, processes (electrical) signals from the detection unit, and adjusts the actuator according to the signals, wherein the detection device is designed for detecting muscle contractions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2020
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Applicant: OTTO BOCK HEALTHCARE PRODUCTS GMBH
    Inventors: Dirk SEIFERT, Juan Pablo MEJIA NINO
  • Publication number: 20220054043
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for evaluating usage data of at least one orthopaedic device which is equipped with sensors for detecting properties, states, or changes in properties or states, wherein the sensors are connected to a transmitter directly or via a storage device and the transmitter transmits the sensor data provided by the sensors to an evaluation unit in a computer network in which the sensor data is processed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Applicant: Otto Bock Healthcare Products GmbH
    Inventors: Erik Albrecht-Laatsch, Alexander Pappe, Dirk Seifert, Alexander Glier, Philipp Kampas, Christian Hofer, Mario Koppe, Christopher Bartels-Sellering, Jens Drieseberg, Martin Schmidt, Robert Kaitan, Markus Schachinger, Juan Pablo MEJIA NINO, Sven Faulhaber, Jörg Krukenberg, Katharina Olze, Andreas Eichler, Florian Gishamer, Bernhard Prochaska, Christian Kovacs, Eva-Maria Fink, Gregory Lyle Schneider, Sebastian Amsüss
  • Patent number: 11229531
    Abstract: A method for controlling a damping modification in an artificial knee joint of an orthosis, an exoskeleton, or a prosthesis. The artificial knee joint has an upper part pivotally connected to a lower part A resistance unit is secured between the upper part and the lower part in order to provide a resistance against a flexion or extension. The resistance unit is paired with an adjustment device to modify the resistance when a sensor signal of a control unit paired with the adjustment device activates the adjustment device. The flexion resistance is reduced for the swing phase. A curve of at least one load characteristic is detected when walking or standing; a maximum of the load characteristic curve when standing is ascertained; and the flexion damping is reduced to a swing-phase damping level during the standing phase when a threshold of the load characteristic below a maximum is reached.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: OTTO BOCK HEALTHCARE PRODUCTS GMBH
    Inventors: Dirk Seifert, Roland Pawlik, Martin Seyr
  • Patent number: 11219538
    Abstract: A prosthesis socket retaining device and a system for securing a prosthesis socket to an upper extremity, comprising a securing part that can be guided along the torso below the axilla of the contralateral, unprovided side of a patient, and a coupling element which can be secured to the prosthesis socket and connected to the securing part, wherein the coupling element is displaceably mounted on the securing part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: OTTO BOCK HEALTHCARE PRODUCTS GMBH
    Inventors: Sonja Wagner, Alice Frey, Walter Lunzer
  • Publication number: 20220000642
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for transmitting data between a prosthesis system and an input device, wherein the prosthesis system has a plurality of prosthesis components which have at least one electronic and/or mechatronic component, wherein the prosthesis system is connected to the input device via at least one interface, wherein at least two electronic and/or mechatronic components, in a state when connected to the prosthesis components, are together connected to the input device, and data are transmitted or exchanged via the one input device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2021
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Applicant: Otto Bock Healthcare Products GmbH
    Inventors: Sebastian Amsuess, Serhii Andrushchenko, Fabian Osswald, Kerstin Hofmann
  • Publication number: 20210393198
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for setting up a controller of an orthopedic device with at least one motor drive, which is applied to a body part of the patient and connected to sensors that record control signals of the patient, said method including the following steps: outputting an optical, acoustic and/or tactile representation of an actuation of a limb as a request for the patient to carry out said actuation; detecting control signals that are produced by the patient as a voluntary reaction following the request, assigning the detected control signals to the implemented actuation and to a function in which the at least one motor drive is activated, deactivated or reversed in terms of its direction of rotation, and outputting the detected control signals and/or the function following the assignment to the respective function.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2019
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Applicant: Otto Bock Healthcare Products GmbH
    Inventors: Peter GOEBEL, Günther WALTER, Markus SCHACHINGER, Sigrid GERGER, Sebastian AMSUESS
  • Publication number: 20210369475
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2021
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Applicant: OTTO BOCK HEALTHCARE PRODUCTS GMBH
    Inventors: Janos KALMAR, Roland Pawlik, Florian Fuchs
  • Publication number: 20210369474
    Abstract: 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 means of 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: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2021
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Applicant: OTTO BOCK HEALTHCARE PRODUCTS GMBH
    Inventors: Roland AUBERGER, Martin SEYR, Clemens MANDL, Dirk SEIFERT, Hans DIETL
  • Publication number: 20210361455
    Abstract: An orthopaedic aid with a reference element, a movement element that is movably fixed to the reference element and a position sensor for determining a position of the movement element relative to the reference element, which comprises at least one permanent magnet and at least three Hall sensors, wherein the Hall sensors are arranged on the reference element and for moving along a trajectory upon a movement of the movement element relative to the reference element, wherein the at least one permanent magnet is fixed to the movement element and wherein the Hall sensors and the permanent magnet are arranged in such a way that a movement of the movement element relative to the reference element and a resulting movement of the Hall sensors along the trajectory causes a linear change in Hall voltage for at least one Hall sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2019
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Applicant: Otto Bock Healthcare Products GmbH
    Inventors: Marcus EDER, Wolfgang WAGNER, Josef INSCHLAG, Martin WASHÜTTL, Martin WEBER, Richard SEDLAK, Roland AUBERGER
  • Patent number: 11173055
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for setting up a control, and to a control for a technical orthopedic device, and a technical orthopedic device as such. Actuations of the technical orthopedic device (1) are provided by means of an output device (2, 3), biomettric signals are received by sensors (12), and said signals are associated with the respective actuations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: OTTO BOCK HEALTHCARE PRODUCTS GMBH
    Inventor: Hans Dietl
  • Publication number: 20210298921
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2021
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Applicant: OTTO BOCK HEALTHCARE PRODUCTS GMBH
    Inventors: Dirk SEIFERT, Sven ZARLING
  • Publication number: 20210236307
    Abstract: The invention relates to an orthopedic joint with a first component, a second component that is arranged on the first component such that it can be swiveled about a swivel axis, and at least one damper that is configured and arranged to damp a swiveling of the first component relative to the second component, and an actuator for swiveling the first component relative to the second component in at least one direction. According to the invention, the actuator is arranged on the first component or the second component on a medial or lateral side such that it can be detached.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2019
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Applicant: Otto Bock Healthcare Products GmbH
    Inventors: Roland Auberger, Janos Kalmar, Juan Pablo Mejia Nino, Domirilk Reiter
  • Patent number: 11058562
    Abstract: A prosthetic socket, comprising a base for distal connection means for attaching a prosthesis component to the prosthetic socket and comprising at least one side wall, which extends from the base in the proximal direction and at least partially extends around a stump to be held in the prosthetic socket, and at least one support for fastening the side wall to the base being arranged on the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: OTTO BOCK HEALTHCARE PRODUCTS GMBH
    Inventors: Roland Pawlik, Johan Nieuwendijk
  • Patent number: 11033406
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: OTTO BOCK HEALTHCARE PRODUCTS GMBH
    Inventors: Dirk Seifert, Sven Zarling
  • Patent number: 11033409
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: OTTO BOCK HEALTHCARE PRODUCTS GMBH
    Inventors: Janos Kalmar, Roland Pawlik, Florian Fuchs
  • Publication number: 20210169672
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2019
    Publication date: June 10, 2021
    Applicant: Otto Bock Healthcare Products GmbH
    Inventor: Etienne OVERDEVEST
  • Publication number: 20210154029
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2018
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Applicant: Otto Bock Healthcare Products GmbH
    Inventors: Sebastian AMSUESS, Benjamin GMEINER, Matthias SCHOBESBERGER