Patent ID: 6689171
Filing Date: 2004-02-10
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
A shuttle-lock for maintaining a patient's residual limb in a prosthetic limb socket, the shuttle-lock comprising:a housing having a distal surface adapted to abut an inside surface of a prosthetic limb socket, a substantially concave proximal surface and a hole extending into the center of the proximal surface, the hole being adapted to receive a plunger pin carried on a patient's residual limb therein; a lock positioned within the housing for securing the plunger pin received in the hole; and means for securing the housing within a prosthetic limb socket; the housing being substantially cylindrical and the concave proximal surface including a plurality of radially extending grooves, being circumferentially distributed about the hole and providing an unobstructed path for the plunger pin to be received within a groove of the plurality of radially extending grooves and guided directly into the hole.