GB552376A - Improvements in or relating to artificial hand appliances - Google Patents

Improvements in or relating to artificial hand appliances

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Publication number
GB552376A
GB552376A GB1268541A GB1268541A GB552376A GB 552376 A GB552376 A GB 552376A GB 1268541 A GB1268541 A GB 1268541A GB 1268541 A GB1268541 A GB 1268541A GB 552376 A GB552376 A GB 552376A
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grippers
artificial
artificial hand
relating
arm
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GB1268541A
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61F—FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS
    • A61F2/00—Filters implantable into blood vessels; Prostheses, i.e. artificial substitutes or replacements for parts of the body; Appliances for connecting them with the body; Devices providing patency to, or preventing collapsing of, tubular structures of the body, e.g. stents
    • A61F2/50—Prostheses not implantable in the body
    • A61F2/54—Artificial arms or hands or parts thereof
    • A61F2/58—Elbows; Wrists ; Other joints; Hands
    • A61F2/583—Hands; Wrist joints
    • A61F2/588—Hands having holding devices shaped differently from human fingers, e.g. claws, hooks, tubes

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  • Health & Medical Sciences (AREA)
  • Orthopedic Medicine & Surgery (AREA)
  • Transplantation (AREA)
  • Cardiology (AREA)
  • Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery (AREA)
  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Biomedical Technology (AREA)
  • Heart & Thoracic Surgery (AREA)
  • Vascular Medicine (AREA)
  • Life Sciences & Earth Sciences (AREA)
  • Animal Behavior & Ethology (AREA)
  • General Health & Medical Sciences (AREA)
  • Public Health (AREA)
  • Veterinary Medicine (AREA)
  • Prostheses (AREA)

Abstract

552,376. Artificial limbs. ADAMS, A. C. Oct. 1, 1941, No. 12685. [Class 81 (ii)] An artificial hand appliance or fitment comprises a cup-shaped casing 7 screwed at 8 into the wrist plate of an artificial arm 10 and carrying fulcra for a pair of gripping members 1, 2, which are retained normally in closed position by springs 20. The grippers 1, 2 are connected by toggles &c. 11 to a pivoted operating arm 14 connected by a flexible member 17 to a strap &c. worn on the back. The grippers 1, 2 may carry auxiliary grippers 24, 25, rotatably mounted on pins 26, 27, which may be detachable, and also horns 38.
GB1268541A 1941-10-01 1941-10-01 Improvements in or relating to artificial hand appliances Expired GB552376A (en)

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GB552376A true GB552376A (en) 1943-04-05

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Cited By (1)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
WO1980002500A1 (en) * 1979-05-21 1980-11-27 E Horvath Artificial hand

Cited By (2)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
WO1980002500A1 (en) * 1979-05-21 1980-11-27 E Horvath Artificial hand
DE3045271C1 (en) * 1979-05-21 1989-10-19 Bock Orthopaed Ind Artificial hand

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