KNEE JOINT MEMBER OF LEG PROSTHESIS Russian patent published in 2002 - IPC

FIELD: medical engineering. SUBSTANCE: device has hinged support member composed of femoral part and crural and hinged support control mechanism having stopper unit and unit for manually driving the stopper unit. The stopper unit has rod with rectangular working part provided with spring, mounted in the femoral part in anteroposterior direction to enable engagement with socket and groove arranged in series as a whole in anteroposterior direction on the crural part rest surface. Rubber flexion damper is set in the groove longitudinally movable within fixable boundaries allowing to set required hinged support member flexion angle within the 15-25 deg range. The rod is connected to manual control unit by means of line. EFFECT: independent mode of control unit and hinged support unit operation; restricted movements of hinged support unit; enabled locking in unbent position. 2 cl, 5 dwg