Towards a fully passive transfemoral prosthesis for normal walking

Ramazan Ünal; Raffaella Carloni; Sebastiaan Maria Behrens; Edsko E.G. Hekman; Stefano Stramigioli; Hubertus F.J.M. Koopman

doi:10.1109/BioRob.2012.6290837

Towards a fully passive transfemoral prosthesis for normal walking

Ramazan Ünal, Raffaella Carloni, Sebastiaan Maria Behrens, Edsko E.G. Hekman, Stefano Stramigioli, Hubertus F.J.M. Koopman

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Abstract

In this study, we present the principle design of a fully-passive transfemoral prosthesis for normal walking, inspired by the power flow in human natural gait. The working principle of the mechanism is based on three parts, which are responsible of the energetic coupling between the knee and ankle joints. The design parameters of the prosthesis have been determined according to the energy absorption intervals of the natural human gait. Simulation results show that significant amount of energy can be stored to deliver for ankle push-off generation. The CAD representation of the prototype that is under tests is also presented.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 4th IEEE RAS and EMBS International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics 2012
Place of Publication	USA
Publisher	IEEE
Pages	1949-1954
Number of pages	6
ISBN (Print)	978-145771199-2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/BioRob.2012.6290837
Publication status	Published - Jun 2012
Event	4th IEEE RAS & EMBS International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics, BioRob 2012 - TBD, Rome, Italy Duration: 24 Jun 2012 → 27 Jun 2012 Conference number: 4

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Conference	4th IEEE RAS & EMBS International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics, BioRob 2012
Abbreviated title	BioRob
Country/Territory	Italy
City	Rome
Period	24/06/12 → 27/06/12

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Ünal, R, Carloni, R, Behrens, SM, Hekman, EEG, Stramigioli, S & Koopman, HFJM 2012, Towards a fully passive transfemoral prosthesis for normal walking. in Proceedings of the 4th IEEE RAS and EMBS International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics 2012. IEEE, USA, pp. 1949-1954, 4th IEEE RAS & EMBS International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics, BioRob 2012, Rome, Italy, 24/06/12. https://doi.org/10.1109/BioRob.2012.6290837

Towards a fully passive transfemoral prosthesis for normal walking. / Ünal, Ramazan; Carloni, Raffaella; Behrens, Sebastiaan Maria et al.
Proceedings of the 4th IEEE RAS and EMBS International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics 2012. USA: IEEE, 2012. p. 1949-1954.

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