Patent ID: 9056023
Filing Date: 2015-06-16
Classification: A61F,G06Q,G16H

Abstract:
1. A prosthetic sock for disposition over residual limb of a patient and insertion into a socket of a prosthesis associated with the patient, the prosthetic sock comprising: material shaped to fit over at least a portion of the residual limb of the patient and of a thickness adapted for inserting the residual limb into the socket of the prosthesis while the sock is fitted over the residual limb; a sock identification unit operable to identify at least one identifying characteristic of the prosthetic sock and communicate the at least one identifying characteristic to a computing device separate from the prosthetic sock, the at least one identifying characteristic being configured to distinguish the prosthetic sock from other prosthetic socks; and a force sensing device operable to determine an amount of force applied to the force sensing device and communicate information indicating the amount of force applied to the force sensing device to the computing device separate from the prosthetic sock, and wherein the sock identification unit and the force sensing device are integrated into a single device; wherein one or more of the sock identification unit and the force sensing device are provided at a predetermined location on or in the material, the predetermined location being associated with the placement of an antenna located in the socket of the prosthesis.