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DEVELOPMENT OF AN IMPROVED PROSTHETIC FOOT ANKLE SYSTEM ANDA KNEE JOINT FOR ORTHOPEDIC BRACES

Award Information
Agency: Department of Education
Branch: N/A
Contract: N/A
Agency Tracking Number: 10947
Amount: $29,394.00
Phase: Phase I
Program: SBIR
Solicitation Topic Code: N/A
Solicitation Number: N/A
Timeline
Solicitation Year: N/A
Award Year: 1989
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): N/A
Award End Date (Contract End Date): N/A
Small Business Information
215 E 27th Street
New York, NY 10016
United States
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HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 Anthony Staros
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Abstract

TECHNICAL ABSTRACT: TWO (2) VERY COMMONLY USED COMPONENTS IN PROSTHESES AND ORTHOSES ARE THE SUBJECT OF THIS PROPOSAL:CONCEPTS EMPLOYED FOR PROSTHETIC FEET AND ORTHOPEDIC BRACE KNEE JOINTS CURRENTLY IN PRODUCTION ARE SIGNIFICANTLY MODIFIED BY THE PROPOSED DESIGNS. FOR THE PROSTHETIC FOOT, WE PROPOSE A "USER FRIENDLY" LIGHT-WEIGHT SYSTEM FOR DISCONNECTING THE FOOT FROM THE SHANK OF THE PROSTHESIS TO ALLOW CHANGING SHOES WITH DIFFERENT HEEL HEIGHTS. FOR CERTAIN KNEE-ANKLE-FOOT ORTHOSES (KAFO'S), WE PROPOSE A WEIGHT-ACTUATED SYSTEM FOR LOCKING OR BRAKING A BRACE KNEE JOINT. IN PHASE I, DESIGNS WILL BE ESTABLISHED, IN DRAWINGSAND IN PROTOTYPES, TO REPRESENT THE TWO (2) SYSTEMS. THE CONCEPTS UNDERLYING THE DESIGNS, THEIR USEFULNESS, AND THEIRMARKETABILITY WILL BE ASSESSED. STRESS AND FUNCTIONAL TESTSWILL BE USED TO GAUGE THEIR POTENTIALS IN PREPARATION FOR PHASE II CONSTRUCTION OF PROTOTYPES TO BE TESTED FURTHER AND EVALUATED IN PATIENT FITTINGS.

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