Patent ID: 6991658
Filing Date: 2006-01-31
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
1. A coupling adaptor for use in coupling a distal end of a proximal prosthetic limb component to a proximal end of a distal prosthetic limb component, comprising: a body having a proximal end and a distal end, the body including a first coupling adapted to mount the body to a distal end of a proximal prosthetic limb component so that the distal end of the proximal prosthetic limb component extends lengthwise from the body along a first axis, and a second coupling adapted to mount the body to a proximal end of a distal prosthetic limb component so that the distal prosthetic limb component extends lengthwise from the body along a second axis; wherein an intersection point between the first coupling and the first axis is laterally spaced from the intersection point between the second coupling and the second axis; and wherein the first axis is angled with respect to the second axis ranging between one and about twenty-five degrees; wherein the first axis and the second axis intersect proximally with respect to the proximal end of the body; wherein the body maintains the relative orientation of the proximal prosthetic limb component with respect to the distal prosthetic limb component; and wherein an angle between the first axis and the second axis is determined based, at least in part, upon an angle of a patient's residual limb flexion contracture.