US3659294A - Adjustable link for prosthetic limb - Google Patents

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US3659294A
US3659294A US33793A US3659294DA US3659294A US 3659294 A US3659294 A US 3659294A US 33793 A US33793 A US 33793A US 3659294D A US3659294D A US 3659294DA US 3659294 A US3659294 A US 3659294A
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  • ABSTRACT Foreig pl Priority Data A link between members of a prosthetic limb, such as a connector between a knee joint and an artificial shank, has a frustopyramidal four-sided hose divergingly projecting from a May 3, 1969 Germany ..P 19 22 619.8 spherically convex base which slidably engages a cop respondingly concave annular socket snrrounding the boss.
  • a prosthetic leg for example, the body structure of the user and his attitude when standing or walking may require certain adjustments in the relative position of the aforementioned parts, frequently in two mutually orthogonal planes.
  • the use of a universal joint of the ball-and-socket type for this purpose is inconvenient since it affords no stability against rotation about the major axis of the limb and since, once dislodged, the assembly cannot be accurately returned to its original position without the help of external references.
  • the object of my present invention is to provide a simple mechanism for enabling the relative adjustment of two members of a prosthetic limb, i.e. an arm or a leg, in two mutually perpendicular planes with avoidance of the aforestated drawbacks.
  • the male part has a spherically convex base from which a substantially frustopyramidal boss rises divergingly within an annular socket constituting the female part, the contact surfaces being represented by the respective sides of the preferably foursided frustopyramid. The setscrews bearing upon these sides, and extending at right angles thereto, are lodged in the socket.
  • the divergence of the frustopyramidal boss in the direction away from the base helps prevent a separation of the two members; for this purpose it may be advantageous to impart a slight concavity to these pyramid sides, at least in their planes of swing, whereby the pressure exerted upon them by the tips of the setscrews has a transverse component tending to draw the parts toward each other.
  • FIG. 1 is a side-elevational view of a prosthetic leg embodying several adjustable links according to the invention
  • FIG. 2 is a front-elevational view ofthe appliance of FIG. 1;
  • FIG. 3 is a side-elevational view, partly in section and drawn to a larger scale, of one of the links shown in FIGS. 1 and 2;
  • FIG. 4 is a sectional elevation view, on the scale of FIG. 3, of another link illustrated in FIGS. 1 and 2.
  • the prosthetic appliance shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 comprises, as its principal constituent, a thigh member 6, a shank member 7, a foot 8 and a stump support 9.
  • Thigh member 6 terminates at its lower end in a knee joint which includes a lug 1 having a pivot 11 (FIG. 3) received in holes 12 of a bracket rigid with thigh 6.
  • the lug l is adjustably connected with shank 7 by a joint generally designated 20 and described in greater detail hereinafter; similarly, joints 20 and 20" connect the lower end of shank 7 with foot 8 and the hip socket 9 with the top of thigh 6, respectively.
  • FIG 3 shows the 10 joint 20 as comprising a spherically convex base 2 rigid with lug l.
  • a central boss 3 of frustopyramidal configuration has a disk-shaped pedestal 21 firmly secured to base 2 with the aid of a screw 22 whose head is received with clearance in the top of the tubular shank 7.
  • the frustopyramid formed by the main portion of boss 3 has four sides, slightly concave as shown at right in FIG.
  • the ankle joint 20 of FIG. 4 includes a convex base 2 secured by a bolt 16 to the foot 8 (FIGS. 1 and 2), its frustopyramidal boss 3 being surrounded by an annular socket 4 holding the screws 5
  • the operation of this joint is analogous to that of the joint 20 of FIG. 3'.
  • Corresponding elements 2", 3", 4" and 5" have been illustrated in FIGS. 1 and 2 for the upperjoint 20".
  • An adjustable link interconnecting two members of a prosthetic limb comprising a male part rigid with one of said members and a complementary female part rigid with the other of said members; said male part including a spherically convex base and a boss of substantially frustopyramidal configuration divergingly rising from said base, two pairs of opposite sides of said boss forming respective pairs of contact surfaces bisected by mutually orthogonal planes; said female part comprising an annular socket surrounding said boss, said socket having a spherically concave ring surface complementary to and of the same radius of curvature as said base and in slidable engagement therewith; and adjustable abutment means on said socket engaging said surfaces for retaining said parts in a selected angular position within predetermined swing ranges in said planes.
  • a link as defined in claim 1 wherein said abutment means comprises two pairs of setscrews extending perpendicularly to said sides of the frustopyramid.
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