ARM PROSTHETIC DEVICE

• Main Authors: KERWIN JOHN MATTHEW, GUAY GERALD MICHAEL, VIOLETTE KEITH DAVID, PERRY N. CHRISTOPHER, LANGENFELD CHRISTOPHER C, NICKSON STEVEN W, MULLER ALEXANDER H, SMITH, III STANLEY B, VAN DER MERWE DIRK ALBERTUS, SCHNELLINGER THOMAS S, EVANS CHRISTOPHER O, COULTER STEWART M
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 10.10.2013
• Subjects: BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF,TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, E.G. STENTS; FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; FIRST-AID KITS; FOMENTATION; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; PROSTHESES; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS

A prosthetic arm apparatus including a plurality of segments that provide a user of the prosthetic arm apparatus with substantially the same movement capability and function as a human arm. The segments are connectable to one another and connectable to a prosthetic support apparatus that may be adorned by the user. Each segment of the plurality of segments provides a portion of the movement capability, enabling the plurality of connected segments connected to the harness mount to provide substantially the same movement capability as that lacking in the user.