Patents Assigned to Otto Bock Healthcare Products GmbH
  • ORTHOPAEDIC TECHNICAL DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SAME
    Publication number: 20210113415
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Publication date: April 22, 2021
    Applicant: Otto Bock Healthcare Products GmbH
    Inventors: Dirk SEIFERT, Roland AUBERGER, Christian BREUER-RUESCH, Alexander Noah SPRING, Marco VOLKMAR
  • GRIPPING DEVICE
    Publication number: 20210113353
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2018
    Publication date: April 22, 2021
    Applicant: Otto Bock Healthcare Products GmbH
    Inventor: Florian EDER
  • SPRING MECHANISM AND HYDRAULIC ACTUATOR
    Publication number: 20210102593
    Abstract: A spring mechanism having at least two wave washers and at least one spring washer between the wave washers. The wave washers are mounted so as to be twistable relative to one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2018
    Publication date: April 8, 2021
    Applicant: Otto Bock Healthcare Products GmbH
    Inventor: Stefan HARTL
  • SUPPLY SYSTEM FOR ORTHOPAEDIC TECHNOLOGY COMPONENTS AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20210099193
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2018
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Applicant: Otto Bock Healthcare Products GmbH
    Inventors: Alexander PAPPE, Andreas WEIGL-POLLACK, Erik ALBRECHT-LAATSCH, Michael NOLTE, Robert HOFFMANN, Robert KAITAN, Luis SAGMEISTER, Thomas PAUSER, Andreas SCHRAMEL
  • JOINT DEVICE
    Publication number: 20210085502
    Abstract: A joint device of an orthosis with an upper part and with a lower part that is arranged on the upper part in an articulated manner, with a first fastening device for securing the upper part to a patient and a second fastening device for securing the lower part to a limb, wherein the joint device connects the upper part to the lower part in an articulated manner and has an upper part binding and a lower part binding via which the upper part and the lower part can be secured to the fastening devices, wherein the joint device has at least four degrees of freedom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2018
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Applicant: Otto Bock Healthcare Products GmbH
    Inventors: Harald SIMA, Roland AUBERGER
  • Method for controlling an artificial orthotic or prosthetic knee joint
    Patent number: 10945863
    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 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 of the lower-leg component is determined, the determined linear acceleration is compared with at least one threshold value, and, if a threshold value of the linear acceleration of the lower-leg component is reached, the bending resistance is changed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: OTTO BOCK HEALTHCARE PRODUCTS GMBH
    Inventors: Roland Auberger, Martin Seyr, Clemens Mandl, Dirk Seifert, Hans Dietl
  • PROSTHETIC SOCKET
    Publication number: 20210045897
    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: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2020
    Publication date: February 18, 2021
    Applicant: OTTO BOCK HEALTHCARE PRODUCTS GMBH
    Inventors: Roland PAWLIK, Johan NIEUWENDIJK
  • ORTHOSIS, ORTHOSIS OR PROSTHESIS COMPONENTS, AND METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION THEREOF
    Publication number: 20210030566
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2019
    Publication date: February 4, 2021
    Applicant: Otto Bock Healthcare Products GmbH
    Inventors: Gordon SIEWERT, Etienne OVERDEVEST, Marco VOLKMAR
  • METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A CHANGE OF DAMPING IN AN ARTIFICIAL JOINT
    Publication number: 20200397599
    Abstract: A method for controlling a change of resistance in an artificial joint of an orthosis, an exoskeleton or prosthesis of a lower extremity. The artificial joint has an upper part and a lower part which are secured on each other so as to be pivotable about a pivot axis, a damper unit is secured between the upper part and the lower part in order to provide a resistance to flexion or extension of the artificial joint, and the damper unit is assigned an adjusting mechanism via which the resistance is changed when a sensor signal of a control unit assigned to the adjusting mechanism activates the adjusting mechanism. The resistance is changed as a function of the position and/or length of the measured or calculated leg tendon and/or the time derivatives thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2020
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Applicant: OTTO BOCK HEALTHCARE PRODUCTS GMBH
    Inventor: Dirk SEIFERT
  • LINEAR FORCE-MEASURING DEVICE AND HYDRAULIC ACTUATOR
    Publication number: 20200383805
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2018
    Publication date: December 10, 2020
    Applicant: Otto Bock Healthcare Products GmbH
    Inventors: Christian BREUER-RUESCH, Andreas GRADISCHAR, Juan Pablo MEJIA NINO, Roland AUBERGER, Alexander Noah SPRING
  • HYDRAULIC DAMPER WITH VALVE BLOCK
    Publication number: 20200378408
    Abstract: A hydraulic actuator includes a housing and with a chamber, which is arranged or formed in the housing and in which a piston is mounted movably and divides the chamber into a flexion chamber and an extension chamber. A channel for hydraulic fluid leads from the flexion chamber and the extension chamber into the housing in order to produce a fluidic connection between the flexion chamber and the extension chamber. At least one valve is arranged in the fluidic connection. The channels lead from the housing to a valve block in which the at least one valve is arranged and is fluidically coupled to the channels, and the valve block is connected to the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2019
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Applicant: Otto Bock Healthcare Products GmbH
    Inventors: Juan Pablo MEJIA NINO, Florian GRAFL
  • ORTHOPEDIC DEVICE
    Publication number: 20200360160
    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: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2018
    Publication date: November 19, 2020
    Applicant: Otto Bock Healthcare Products GmbH
    Inventor: Luis SAGMEISTER
  • SYSTEM MADE UP OF MULTIPLE ORTHOPEDIC COMPONENTS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SUCH A SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20200352744
    Abstract: A system made up of multiple orthopedic components which are coupled to one another, having a first electronic and/or electric device which has a first supply terminal via which the first electric and/or electronic device can be supplied with energy and/or data from a charging station via a plug. At least a second electric and/or electronic device is provided on one of the components which has a separate, second supply terminal and/or a plug connection which can be coupled to the first electronic and/or electric device for transmitting energy and/or data via the first supply terminal or a separate plug connection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2018
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Applicant: Otto Bock Healthcare Products GmbH
    Inventors: Robert KAITAN, Andreas WÜSTEFELD, Alexander PAPPE, Robert HOFFMANN, Karl-Heinz KLINGEBIEL, Thomas PAUSER, Erik ALBRECHT-LAATSCH, Lüder MOSLER, Michael NOLTE, Luis SAGMEISTER, Andreas WEIGL-POLLACK, Andreas SCHRAMEL
  • DEVICE FOR FIXING TWO ORTHOPEDIC COMPONENTS TO ONE ANOTHER
    Publication number: 20200315817
    Abstract: A device for fixing two orthopedic components to one another includes a receiving element arranged on a first orthopedic component, which receiving element has a receptacle and includes a connecting element arranged on a second orthopedic component. The connecting element has a connector. The connector can be inserted into the receptacle and is coupled with the receiving element in a tensile force, compressive force, and torque-transmitting manner. At least one flow- and/or data-transmitting contact is arranged on the connecting element and the receiving element so as to correspond to one another, which form an electrical and/or data-transmitting connection with one another in a fixed state of the orthopedic components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2018
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Applicant: Otto Bock Healthcare Products GmbH
    Inventors: Robert KAITAN, Robert HOFFMANN, Alexander PAPPE, Luis SAGMEISTER, Thomas PAUSER, Andreas SCHRAMEL, Erik ALBRECHT-LAATSCH, Michael NOLTE, Andreas WEIGL-POLLACK
  • SYSTEM CONSISTING OF AT LEAST ONE ORTHOPAEDIC COMPONENT, AND AN OPERATOR CONTROL AND/OR FEEDBACK DEVICE
    Publication number: 20200306060
    Abstract: A system consisting of at least one orthopaedic component, having at least one stored energy source and multiple electrical and/or electronic devices, and at least one operator control device and/or feedback device, which is assigned to the electrical and/or electronic devices and is coupled to them.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2018
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Applicant: Otto Bock Healthcare Products GmbH
    Inventors: Alexander PAPPE, Andreas WEIGL-POLLACK, Erik ALBRECHT-LAATSCH, Michael NOLTE, Robert HOFFMANN, Robert KAITAN, Luis SAGMEISTER, Thomas PAUSER, Andreas SCHRAMEL
  • METHOD FOR DISTRIBUTING A LIMITED AMOUNT OF ELECTRICAL POWER FROM AN ENERGY SOURCE
    Publication number: 20200306061
    Abstract: A method for distributing a limited amount of electrical power from an energy source to a plurality of electrical loads includes sensing and/or encoding the available electrical power of the energy source, monitoring a power balance of the loads by sensing and/or encoding the drawn power in the individual loads, and reducing the drawn power in the loads if the available power is not sufficient for supplying all the loads with the required power.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2018
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Applicant: Otto Bock Healthcare Products GmbH
    Inventors: Alexander PAPPE, Andreas WEIGL-POLLACK, Erik ALBRECHT-LAATSCH, Michael NOLTE, Robert HOFFMANN, Robert KAITAN, Marcus EDER, Luis SAGMEISTER, Thomas PAUSER, Andreas SCHRAMEL, Daniel MATEJCEK
  • Artificial joint
    Patent number: 10772744
    Abstract: An artificial joint for lower extremities, comprising an upper part, which has mechanisms for attaching to a user, and a lower part mounted thereon in a pivotal manner about a joint axis. The lower part can be bent in from an extended position into a flexed position. A force accumulator is associated with the joint and is loaded via a force transmission mechanism through a flexing movement of the upper part relative to the lower part and supports an extension movement of the lower part relative to the upper part at least over a part of the extension movement. The force transmission device exerts a maximum moment of extension at a bending angle between 45° to 80°.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: OTTO BOCK HEALTHCARE PRODUCTS GMBH
    Inventor: Hans Dietl
  • Method for controlling a change of damping in an artificial joint
    Patent number: 10772743
    Abstract: A method for controlling a change of resistance in an artificial joint of an orthosis, an exoskeleton or prosthesis of a lower extremity. The artificial joint has an upper part and a lower part which are secured on each other so as to be pivotable about a pivot axis, a damper unit is secured between the upper part and the lower part in order to provide a resistance to flexion or extension of the artificial joint, and the damper unit is assigned an adjusting mechanism via which the resistance is changed when a sensor signal of a control unit assigned to the adjusting mechanism activates the adjusting mechanism. The resistance is changed as a function of the position and/or length of the measured or calculated leg tendon and/or the time derivatives thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: OTTO BOCK HEALTHCARE PRODUCTS GMBH
    Inventor: Dirk Seifert
  • JAMMING ROLLER LOCK
    Publication number: 20200208689
    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: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2018
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Applicant: Otto Bock Healthcare Products GmbH
    Inventors: Luis SAGMEISTER, Christoph LEDINGER
  • Prosthetic
    Patent number: D893723
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: OTTO BOCK HEALTHCARE PRODUCTS GMBH
    Inventors: Johannes Bischof, Alice Frey, Sandra Niederstrasser, Walter Lunzer, Markus Piller, Philipp Kampas, Sonja Wagner