Prosthesis or orthosis comprising a hinge joint system for functionally assisting, enhancing and/or replacing a hinge joint of a human or animal subject

A prosthesis or orthosis having a movement controlling mechanism (MCM) including a first MCM part, a second MCM part and one or more intermediate elements and biasing mechanism which, in a contacting mode of operation of the MCM, bias the intermediate elements against a MCM part. When a relative torque or force is applied in a blocking sense (U) transmission of torque is allowed and, on the other hand, when a torque or force is applied in the opposite sense (V) non-blocking relative movement is allowed.

Octrooi-publicatienummer: US10709583

Jaar aanvraag: 2020

Jaar toekenning: 2020

Gevalideerd voor IOF-sleutel: Ja

Toegewezen aan: Universitaire Associatie Brussel