Patent ID: 8601666
Filing Date: 2013-12-10
Classification: A61F,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method for making an anatomical socket for a user's limb, comprising: fashioning an anterior end that angles down from the user's limb's medial end, and then angles sharply upward toward the user's limb's distal end; placing a lateral end adjacent to said anterior end, said lateral end higher than said anterior end, said lateral end curving around the hip of the user's limb; placing a medial end adjacent to said anterior end, said medial end having a wall fashioned to an anterior position over a medial aspect of the ischial ramus of the user from behind adductor muscles to a posterior aspect of the ischial ramus such that said wall is parallel to the ischial ramus and such that there is no weight bearing over the ischial ramus and ischial tuberosity; and placing a posterior end adjacent to said lateral end and said medial end, said posterior end having a lower height than said anterior end, said posterior end above the user's thigh; wherein said anterior end and said medial end exert a first force on the user's limb, while said posterior end and said medial end exert a second force on the user's limb, such that said lateral end and said medial end have a resultant force there between, wherein the recited relationships of the anterior end, lateral end, medial end, and posterior end to the user's anatomy occur when the user's limb is oriented in a standing position.