US2126654A - Pneumatic foot for artificial limbs - Google Patents

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US2126654A
US2126654A US121369A US12136937A US2126654A US 2126654 A US2126654 A US 2126654A US 121369 A US121369 A US 121369A US 12136937 A US12136937 A US 12136937A US 2126654 A US2126654 A US 2126654A
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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
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    • A61F2/60—Artificial legs or feet or parts thereof
    • A61F2/602—Artificial legs or feet or parts thereof with air cushions
    • 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
    • A61F2/60—Artificial legs or feet or parts thereof
    • A61F2/66—Feet; Ankle joints
    • 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
    • A61F2/60—Artificial legs or feet or parts thereof
    • A61F2/66—Feet; Ankle joints
    • A61F2/6607—Ankle joints
    • 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
    • A61F2002/5067—Prostheses not implantable in the body having rolling elements between articulating surfaces
    • 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
    • A61F2/60—Artificial legs or feet or parts thereof
    • A61F2/66—Feet; Ankle joints
    • A61F2002/6614—Feet

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  • An artificial foot and ankle construction including a leg portion, a casing shaped to simulate a human foot having heel, instep and toe portions and provided with a chamber extending into said toe, instep and heel portions, said heel portion having thickened portions providing a slot extending into the chamber to permit opening of the latter by the flexing ofi. said thickened portions away from each other, an inflatable inner tube in said chamber and insertible and removable therefrom by way of the slot, and means connecting the casing to the leg portion.
  • An artificial foot and ankle construction including a. leg portion, a casing shaped to simulate a. human foot having heel, instep and toe portions and provided with a chamber extending into said toe, instep and heel portions.
  • said heel portion having thickened portions providing a slot extending into the chamber to permit opening of the latter by the exlng of said thickened portions away from each other, an inflatable inner tube in said chamber and insertible and removable therefrom by way of the slot, oppositely disposed hinges connecting sad leg portion and the casing. and oppositely disposed elastic strips connecting the leg portion and the casing.

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Aug. 9, 1938.
L. A. MORRIS PNEUMATIC FOUT FOR ARTIFICIAL LIMBS Filed Jan.,19, 1937.
, ATTORNEY ed with a separable fastener for opening and closing the slot.
2. An artificial foot and ankle construction including a leg portion, a casing shaped to simulate a human foot having heel, instep and toe portions and provided with a chamber extending into said toe, instep and heel portions, said heel portion having thickened portions providing a slot extending into the chamber to permit opening of the latter by the flexing ofi. said thickened portions away from each other, an inflatable inner tube in said chamber and insertible and removable therefrom by way of the slot, and means connecting the casing to the leg portion.
15 3. An artificial foot and ankle construction including a. leg portion, a casing shaped to simulate a. human foot having heel, instep and toe portions and provided with a chamber extending into said toe, instep and heel portions. said heel portion having thickened portions providing a slot extending into the chamber to permit opening of the latter by the exlng of said thickened portions away from each other, an inflatable inner tube in said chamber and insertible and removable therefrom by way of the slot, oppositely disposed hinges connecting sad leg portion and the casing. and oppositely disposed elastic strips connecting the leg portion and the casing.
LONNIS AUSTIN MORRIS.
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Cited By (17)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US2457482A (en) * 1946-03-25 1948-12-28 Marean Kostandean Artificial leg
FR2317906A1 (en) * 1975-07-18 1977-02-11 Bock Orthopaed Ind CONNECTION SYSTEM BETWEEN AN AESTHETIC COATING AND THE FOOT PART OF A BONE PROSTHESIS
DE4205900A1 (en) * 1991-02-28 1992-09-03 Lehn Phillips Van PROSTHETIC FOOT WITH ADJUSTABLE BUBBLES
US5314499A (en) * 1991-04-04 1994-05-24 Collier Jr Milo S Artificial limb including a shin, ankle and foot
US5443529A (en) * 1991-02-28 1995-08-22 Phillips; Van L. Prosthetic device incorporating multiple sole bladders
US5458656A (en) * 1991-09-30 1995-10-17 Flex-Foot Energy-storing prosthesis leg pylon vertical shock leg
US5486209A (en) * 1989-04-13 1996-01-23 Phillips; Van L. Foot prosthesis having auxiliary ankle construction
US5514185A (en) * 1991-02-28 1996-05-07 Phillips; Van L. Split foot prosthesis
US5514186A (en) * 1989-04-13 1996-05-07 Phillips; Van L. Attachment construction for prosthesis
US5545234A (en) * 1991-04-04 1996-08-13 Collier, Jr.; Milo S. Lower extremity prosthetic device
US5549714A (en) * 1990-09-21 1996-08-27 Phillips; Van L. Symes foot prosthesis
US5899944A (en) * 1991-02-28 1999-05-04 Phillips; Van L. Prosthetic foot incorporating compressible members
US6406500B1 (en) 1989-04-13 2002-06-18 Van L. Phillips Foot prosthesis having curved forefoot
US20020087216A1 (en) * 1996-02-16 2002-07-04 Atkinson Stewart L. Prosthetic walking system
US6443995B1 (en) 2000-12-22 2002-09-03 Barry W. Townsend Prosthetic foot
US20040199265A1 (en) * 2000-12-22 2004-10-07 Townsend Barry W. Prosthetic foot
US20040225376A1 (en) * 2000-12-22 2004-11-11 Townsend Barry W. Prosthetic foot

Cited By (26)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US2457482A (en) * 1946-03-25 1948-12-28 Marean Kostandean Artificial leg
FR2317906A1 (en) * 1975-07-18 1977-02-11 Bock Orthopaed Ind CONNECTION SYSTEM BETWEEN AN AESTHETIC COATING AND THE FOOT PART OF A BONE PROSTHESIS
US5514186A (en) * 1989-04-13 1996-05-07 Phillips; Van L. Attachment construction for prosthesis
US6406500B1 (en) 1989-04-13 2002-06-18 Van L. Phillips Foot prosthesis having curved forefoot
US5976191A (en) * 1989-04-13 1999-11-02 Phillips; Van L. Foot prosthesis having curved forefoot
US5728176A (en) * 1989-04-13 1998-03-17 Flex-Foot, Inc. Attachment construction for prosthesis
US5593457A (en) * 1989-04-13 1997-01-14 Phillips; Van L. Foot prosthesis having auxiliary ankle construction
US5486209A (en) * 1989-04-13 1996-01-23 Phillips; Van L. Foot prosthesis having auxiliary ankle construction
US6527811B1 (en) 1989-04-13 2003-03-04 Van L. Phillips Foot prosthesis with modular foot plate
US5549714A (en) * 1990-09-21 1996-08-27 Phillips; Van L. Symes foot prosthesis
US5509938A (en) * 1991-02-28 1996-04-23 Phillips; Van L. Prosthetic foot incorporating adjustable bladder
US5514185A (en) * 1991-02-28 1996-05-07 Phillips; Van L. Split foot prosthesis
US5443529A (en) * 1991-02-28 1995-08-22 Phillips; Van L. Prosthetic device incorporating multiple sole bladders
US5899944A (en) * 1991-02-28 1999-05-04 Phillips; Van L. Prosthetic foot incorporating compressible members
US5290319A (en) * 1991-02-28 1994-03-01 Phillips L Van Prosthetic foot incorporating adjustable bladders
DE4205900A1 (en) * 1991-02-28 1992-09-03 Lehn Phillips Van PROSTHETIC FOOT WITH ADJUSTABLE BUBBLES
US5545234A (en) * 1991-04-04 1996-08-13 Collier, Jr.; Milo S. Lower extremity prosthetic device
US5314499A (en) * 1991-04-04 1994-05-24 Collier Jr Milo S Artificial limb including a shin, ankle and foot
US5458656A (en) * 1991-09-30 1995-10-17 Flex-Foot Energy-storing prosthesis leg pylon vertical shock leg
US20020087216A1 (en) * 1996-02-16 2002-07-04 Atkinson Stewart L. Prosthetic walking system
US6443995B1 (en) 2000-12-22 2002-09-03 Barry W. Townsend Prosthetic foot
US6743260B2 (en) 2000-12-22 2004-06-01 Barry W. Townsend Prosthetic foot
US20040199265A1 (en) * 2000-12-22 2004-10-07 Townsend Barry W. Prosthetic foot
US20040225376A1 (en) * 2000-12-22 2004-11-11 Townsend Barry W. Prosthetic foot
US6936074B2 (en) 2000-12-22 2005-08-30 Barry W. Townsend Prosthetic foot
US7108723B2 (en) 2000-12-22 2006-09-19 Townsend Barry W Prosthetic foot

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