Patent ID: 11931274
Assignee: OTTO BOCK HEALTHCARE PRODUCTS GMBH
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 15:
16. A prosthesis system comprising:
a body harness configured to be connected to a first body part; and
a gripping prosthesis configured to be connected to a second body part, where the first body part is different than the second body part, the gripping prosthesis comprising:
a movable gripping member;
a tensioning element which is fastened to the body harness and which moves the gripping member when a tensile force is applied by movement of the first body part relative to the second body part;
a sensor device assigned to the tensioning element to detect the tensile force applied by the first body part to the tensioning element and to activate a motor, the motor applying tension in the tensioning element to move or to assist movement of the gripping member.