Patent ID: 9155636
Filing Date: 2015-10-13
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
1. A prosthetic socket liner, comprising: a liner comprising an inner surface and an outer surface and one or more valves, the inner surface configured to engage with skin of a residual limb of a user and the outer surface configured to engage a surface of a socket of a prosthesis; and one or more air channels coupled to the one or more valves and comprised within a sidewall between the inner surface and outer surface of the liner, the one or more air channels extending downwardly towards a closed end of the liner, the one or more air channels configured to transfer air located between the outer surface of the liner and the surface of the socket with ambient air through the one or more valves; wherein the one or more valves comprise a selective two-way valve and wherein the outer surface of the liner is non-air-permeable.