TECHNICAL FIELD

This invention relates generally to the field of prosthetics, and more specifically to a new and useful system and method for a prosthetic assembly having sensored brushless motors.

BACKGROUND

Nearly as long as humans have existed, human injuries and ailments have existed that have led to loss or lack of limb. As an ingenuous species, humans have constantly developed tools and prostheses to cope with these lost limbs. With human advancement these prostheses have improved and become closer in capability to the original lost limb.

With the development of myoelectric prosthetic devices, prostheses have reached a new level wherein human muscle signals could be used to control motors on or within a prosthetic limb. Myoelectric prostheses have enabled construction of complex prostheses that start to resemble intact limbs in functionality. Motors can now be incorporated into appropriately sized prosthetic limbs, enabling life-like functionality.

This development has reached a choke point in the field of prosthetics that has been limited by the ability and size of the motors implemented in prosthetic limbs. Small motors that could fit in a prosthetic limb are too weak, have slow reaction times, and have limited durability. Motors with sufficient power, fast reaction times, and high precision, have been too large to implement in multitude within a small prosthetic limb.

Thus, there is a need in the field of prosthetics to create a new and useful system and method for a prosthetic assembly containing a multitude of motors with sufficient power, precision, and durability. This invention provides such a new and useful system and method.

