VERT MOONEY
Medical Practice in Downey, CA
License number
Pennsylvania MD026293L
Category
Medicine
Type
Medical Physician and Surgeon
Address
Address
2
Downey, CA 90241
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
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Prosthesis Coupling
US Patent:
4158895, Jun 26, 1979
Filed:
Feb 9, 1978
Appl. No.:
5/876438
Inventors:
Robert A. Adminstrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Frosch
James B. Reswick - Downey CA
Vert Mooney - Downey CA
Charles W. Bright - Titusville FL
Lester J. Owens - Titusville FL
James B. Reswick - Downey CA
Vert Mooney - Downey CA
Charles W. Bright - Titusville FL
Lester J. Owens - Titusville FL
International Classification:
A61F 106, A61F 108
US Classification:
3 2
Abstract:
A coupling for use in an apparatus for connecting a prosthesis to the bone of a stump of an amputated limb which permits a bio-compatible carbon sleeve forming a part of the prosthesis connector to float so as to prevent disturbing the skin seal around the carbon sleeve. The coupling includes a flexible member interposed between a socket that is inserted within an intermedullary cavity of the bone and the sleeve. A lock pin is carried by the prosthesis and has a stem portion which is adapted to be coaxially disposed and slideably within the tubular female socket for securing the prosthesis to the stump. The skin around the percutaneous carbon sleeve is able to move as a result of the flexing coupling so as to reduce stresses caused by changes in the stump shape and/or movement between the bone and the flesh portion of the stump.