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Electronically controlled prosthetic knee

  • US 6,764,520 B2
  • Filed: 01/22/2001
  • Issued: 07/20/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/20/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A prosthetic knee, comprising:

  • a plurality of rotors being rotatable about a longitudinal axis of said prosthetic knee;

    a plurality of stators alternatingly interspersed with said rotors to form gaps therebetween;

    a fluid adapted to undergo a rheology change in response to an applied magnetic field and residing in said gaps formed between said rotors and said stators;

    whereby, controlled variation of said magnetic field varies the fluid rheology and shearing of said fluid caused by relative rotation between said rotors and stators during knee rotation generates a controllable variable knee torque.

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