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Method for aligning a prosthesis

  • US 8,784,502 B2
  • Filed: 03/16/2011
  • Issued: 07/22/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/11/2006
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method for determining whether a prosthesis is misaligned, wherein the prosthesis comprises a socket for receiving a limb, comprising:

  • obtaining signals representative of moments in an anterior/posterior plane and right/left plane experienced at a base of a prosthesis socket when a patient walks with the prosthesis for a time period;

    obtaining corrected signals by applying a correction factor to the signals;

    computing gait variables from the corrected signals; and

    applying the gait variables to a model of alignment.

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