Patent ID: 6241775
Filing Date: 2001-06-05
Classification: A61F,Y10S

Abstract:
A method of specifying the components of an artificial limb, comprising the steps of:providing at least one logical unit table arranged to contain data relating to a class of the components;providing a plurality of component records located in said at least one logical unit table, in which each of said component records is arranged to hold data relating to a respective plurality of components of the same class, and in which at least one of said component records relates to a generic component;providing for said at least one generic component record as associated set of specific component records and at least two option lists, each of which lists relates to a defined characteristic of the component of the associated generic component record;in which the user selects an option from each list; andin which a unique specific component record is identified from said associated set thereof that is compatible with each selected option.