AN ARTIFICIAL FOOT Russian patent published in 1998 - IPC

FIELD: medicine, orthopedics, prosthesis. SUBSTANCE: an artificial foot has a regulated rolling line due to no necessity to dismantle a foot to replace a supporting plank along simultaneous possibility for continuous regulation of a foot's rolling line. An artificial foot is supplemented with a mechanism for replacing a supporting plank designed as a running screw fixed inside a body upon hinged supports and connected via a bolt and a pull with supporting plank. At the same time there are through openings both in a body and in a facing which are co-axial with a running screw. EFFECT: higher convenience for patients with an artificial foot due to a regulated rolling line. 4 dwg