A Prosthetic Socket with Active Volume Compensation for Amputated Lower Limb
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. System Structure and Operation Principle
2.2. Characterization of an Inflatable Air Bladder
2.3. Design of the 3-Way Pneumatic Valve
2.4. Closed-Loop Control Strategy
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. Leg Limb Model with Volume Changes
3.2. Performance of a Closed-Loop Control
3.3. Verification of Closed-Loop Control during Gait Cycle
3.4. Active Volume Compensation during Gait Cycle
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Seo, J.-H.; Lee, H.-J.; Seo, D.-W.; Lee, D.-K.; Kwon, O.-W.; Kwak, M.-K.; Lee, K.-H. A Prosthetic Socket with Active Volume Compensation for Amputated Lower Limb. Sensors 2021, 21, 407. https://doi.org/10.3390/s21020407
Seo J-H, Lee H-J, Seo D-W, Lee D-K, Kwon O-W, Kwak M-K, Lee K-H. A Prosthetic Socket with Active Volume Compensation for Amputated Lower Limb. Sensors. 2021; 21(2):407. https://doi.org/10.3390/s21020407
Chicago/Turabian StyleSeo, Ji-Hyeon, Hyuk-Jin Lee, Dong-Wook Seo, Dong-Kyu Lee, Oh-Won Kwon, Moon-Kyu Kwak, and Kang-Ho Lee. 2021. "A Prosthetic Socket with Active Volume Compensation for Amputated Lower Limb" Sensors 21, no. 2: 407. https://doi.org/10.3390/s21020407
APA StyleSeo, J. -H., Lee, H. -J., Seo, D. -W., Lee, D. -K., Kwon, O. -W., Kwak, M. -K., & Lee, K. -H. (2021). A Prosthetic Socket with Active Volume Compensation for Amputated Lower Limb. Sensors, 21(2), 407. https://doi.org/10.3390/s21020407