Patent ID: 11963922
Assignee: nan
Field: Other consumer goods (Other fields)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 5:
6. A method of customizing a cane system to a user, the cane system including at least one handled shaft, at least one rocker bottom foot, a connecting structure for coupling the handled shaft to the at least one rocker bottom foot, and at least one return spring positionable in the connecting structure, the method comprising:
adjusting the cane system among a plurality of different assembly configurations, each of the assembly configurations including a different combination of rocker bottom foot profile, shaft length, shaft angle, and return spring force;
monitoring a knee adduction moment in a patient user ambulating with the cane system in each one of the plurality of different assembly configurations;
determining a knee adduction moment of least magnitude in the patient user based on the monitoring of the knee adduction moment;
associating the knee adduction moment of least magnitude with one of the plurality of different assembly configurations; and
customizing the cane system to the user in the one of the plurality of different assembly configurations associated with the knee adduction moment of least magnitude.