Patent ID: 8852292
Filing Date: 2014-10-07
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
1. A method of controlling the movement of a device attached to a limb of a patient, the method comprising: receiving first data identifying a change in a posture of a patient occurring while moving on a first terrain with a prosthetic ankle device attached to a limb of the patient; processing with a computing device the first data to determine a terrain transition from the first terrain to a second terrain, wherein the first terrain comprises a different slope than the second terrain, and wherein said determining comprises identifying the different slope of the second terrain prior to any portion of the patient moving on the second terrain; outputting second data indicative of the determined terrain transition; and controlling with the computing device a movement of the prosthetic ankle device based at least upon said second data, wherein said controlling comprises at least actively adjusting an angle of a joint of the prosthetic ankle device prior to moving on the second terrain in order to accommodate the different slope of the second terrain identified from the first data.