Apparatuses and methods for harvesting energy from prosthetic limbs

An apparatus for harvesting energy from motion of a prosthetic limb, wherein the prosthetic limb has motion in at least one degree of freedom, may include a hydraulic amplifier mechanically coupled with a generator. The hydraulic amplifier may include an input member configured to receive an input m...

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Hauptverfasser:	KRAIGE DAVID R, FRANK JEREMY E, LOVERICH JACOB J, GEIGER RICHARD T
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS BLASTING COMBUSTION ENGINES COMBUSTION ENGINES IN GENERAL CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF,TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, E.G. STENTS DYNAMO-ELECTRIC MACHINES ELECTRICITY FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS FIRST-AID KITS FOMENTATION GENERATION HEATING HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS HUMAN NECESSITIES HYGIENE INTERNAL-COMBUSTION PISTON ENGINES LIGHTING MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS MECHANICAL ENGINEERING MECHANICAL-POWER PRODUCING DEVICES OR MECHANISMS, NOTOTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR OR USING ENERGY SOURCES NOT OTHERWISEPROVIDED FOR MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE OR A REACTIVE PROPULSIVE THRUST, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES PRODUCING MECHANICAL POWER PROSTHESES SPRING, WEIGHT, INERTIA OR LIKE MOTORS TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS WEAPONS WIND, SPRING WEIGHT AND MISCELLANEOUS MOTORS
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