Artificial ankle joint

Details Artificial ankle joint Artificial ankle joint

1985-07-10

1987-02-24

Apley, Richard J.

Prosthesis (i.e., artificial body members), parts thereof, or ai

Leg

Ankle

A61F 266

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046455086

ABSTRACT:
An artificial ankle joint (FIG. 1) is of the kind which connects a shin member to a foot, by means of a ball and socket joint. The socket has adjacent main and subsidiary socket portions. The main socket portion has a first part, which engages the elastic covering of the ball, and a second part which extends down from the first part and receives within it the subsidiary socket portion. A circlip locks the parts together. The main socket portion includes an integral skirt which engages an annular elastic buffer which is mounted around the ball shank.

REFERENCES:
patent: 4380090 (1983-04-01), Ramos
Amputation and Prostheses--A Survey in North-West Europe and North America, date: 1968, Authors: G. E. Fulford and M. J. Hall (paragraph 4, pp. 38-39).

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