Patent ID: 8608678

Claim:
An orthopedic technical device for the lower extremities, comprising: (a) a thigh receptacle for attachment to a thigh of a person, (b) an angle sensor to register an inclination with respect to the vertical and to emit an inclination signal, (c) an actuation device to release a switching command, and (d) an electrical evaluation unit, connected to the sensor, for processing data from the sensor, and to the actuation device, (e) wherein the electrical evaluation unit is configured to carry out a method with the following steps: (i) upon receiving the switching command from the actuation device, switching into a learning mode, (ii) establishing at least one fitting-error characteristic value that encodes a fitting error of the sensor, (iii) storing the fitting-error characteristic value, (iv) switching into an operating mode, and (v) correcting inclination sensor data from the angle sensor with the aid of the at least one fitting-error characteristic value in the operating mode.