Prosthesis (i.e. – artificial body members) – parts thereof – or ai – Arm or component and actuator or connector therefor – With article or article holder
Patent
1994-03-23
1995-11-07
Willse, David H.
Prosthesis (i.e., artificial body members), parts thereof, or ai
Arm or component and actuator or connector therefor
With article or article holder
623 61, 623 62, 901 28, 901 29, A61F 254, B25J 1700
Patent
active
054644445
ABSTRACT:
A terminal device is described which is attachable to the end of a prosthesis on an arm and there serves as an attachment site for a variety of tools or implements designed to mate with the terminal device. The terminal device comprises a first main part in operable and pivotal combination with a second main part, the combined main parts providing on one end a device for attaching to the end of an arm prosthesis, and on the other a device for attaching a variety of implements, the said device for implement attachment providing articulation capabilities that allow positioning of the implements in a variety of positions relative to the position of the arm prosthesis. Among the implements which can be attached are for example: cutting tools (such as saws, files, knives, scrapers, and awls); various wrenches (such as open end wrenches, closed end wrenches, ratchet wrenches, adjustable wrenches, Allen wrenches, and pipe wrenches); and a variety of other implements such as spoons, scoops, spatulas, planes, brushes, fishing rods, and stirring devices.
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High Tech for the Handicapped pp. 78-79 (1991) by Larry Kettelkamp, Enslow Publishers, Inc. N.J.
Farquharson Ronald H.
Still Danny P.
Snow Bruce E.
Willse David H.
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