PNEUMATIC FOOT OF LOWER EXTREMITY PROSTHESIS Russian patent published in 2003 - IPC

FIELD: medical engineering. SUBSTANCE: device has pneumatic fillers designed as chambers filled with gas and manufactured from a material forming sealed envelope with form-creating filler connected to locking unit with flexible hose. Locking units of the pneumatic fillers are grouped on upper platform of foot body. Gas-filled pneumatic filler chamber placed in zone of intensive support loading is enclosed into bandage. EFFECT: restricted deformability in calcaneus zone in peripheral directions; improved damping capacity; excluded undesired deformations of foot. 2 dwg