Patent ID: 6019795
Filing Date: 2000-02-01
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
A prosthesis for supporting an amputee relative to a ground surface, comprising a main support member configured to support substantially the entire weight of said amputee, said main support member having a substantially flat forward surface and a substantially flat rearward surface, said main support member being elongated and having a cross-sectional shape that is substantially thinner in the fore and aft direction and substantially wider in the side-to-side direction such that it is capable of bending in the fore and aft direction and such that said main support member stores and releases walking energy during utilization of said prosthesis, said main support member having an upper end terminating in a substantially vertically oriented attachment section including a substantially flat vertically oriented attachment surface for attaching said prosthesis to a socket or other intermediate prosthesis and a lower end including a substantially curved generally horizontal section.