ABLE Kids II - Advanced Biofidelic Lower Extremity Kids Prosthesis II

描述（由申请人提供）：Advanced Biofidelic下肢儿童假体（ABLE Kids）项目将通过推进已证明成功的I期设备并将其改进为适合儿童使用的超紧凑和轻质外形因素，来推进儿科假体系统的最新技术。在犹他州盐湖城和洛杉矶什里夫波特的Shriner医院、众多义肢专家的支持下，在克拉克森大学尖端研究人员的咨询下，一种高度自适应的设备将被生产出来并商业化，适用于患有创伤性和先天性缺陷的儿童截肢者。具体来说，ABLE Kids将产生一个模块化、微处理器控制的中流体踝关节，它可以动态地进行踝关节控制调整，以优化儿童假肢的动态功能和安全性。此外，将开发先进的算法，通过调整地面反作用力来优化非微处理器控制膝关节的性能，以优化经股儿科受试者膝关节的触发点和释放。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The Advanced Biofidelic Lower Extremity Kids prosthesis (ABLE Kids) project will advance the state-of-the-art of pediatric prosthesis systems by advancing the demonstrably successful Phase I device and refining it into an ultracompact and lightweight form factor suitable for pediatric use. Through the support of the Shriner's Hospitals in Salt Lake City, UT and Shreveport, LA, numerous prosthetists, and with the consultation of cutting edge researchers at Clarkson University, a highly adaptive device will be produced and commercialized suitable for childhood amputees with both traumatic and congenitial deficiencies. Specifically, ABLE Kids will result in a modular, microprocessor controlled, mesofluidic ankle joint that dynamically makes ankle control adjustments needed to optimize the dynamic function and safety of a child's prosthesis. Additionally, advanced algorithms will be developed to optimize the performance of non microprocessor controlled knees by adjusting ground reaction forces to optimize trigger point and release for knees in transfemoral pediatric subjects.