Device for making prosthetic residual limb socket

Details Device for making prosthetic residual limb socket Device for making prosthetic residual limb socket

1998-02-17

1999-10-26

Davis, Robert

Plastic article or earthenware shaping or treating: apparatus

Shaping means employing anatomical body or portion thereof

264DIG30, 264573, 425389, 623 33, 623901, A61F 262, B28B 2142, B29C 4312

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059717297

ABSTRACT:
A definitive socket for residual limb prosthetic use is formed in a single molding step by compressive pressure casting or molding a pre-formed, moldable, hardenable socket material over a residual limb and curing the socket material to a load-bearing hardened condition while it is maintained under peripheral compressive pressure against the residual limb and while the residual limb is tensioned in a distal direction during the casting process. The combination of pressure casting the socket material and applying tension to the residual limb in a distal direction while the socket material is curing results in forming a definitive socket that fits well to the residual limb after curing without substantial rectification. Pressure relief formations, socket coverings, and a prosthesis coupler may be compression molded simultaneously with the socket. A pressure casting system for carrying out the casting of the socket includes a pressure chamber, a compressive pressure applying membrane, a tension reacting system for producing a resultant axial tension in the residual limb within the socket material during forming and hardening of the socket and optionally a load cell to monitor or indicate the tension force applied during molding. The socket material includes a pre-formed tubular sleeve-like reinforcement web of fibers pre-impregnated with an uncured preferably water activatable, moldable, hardenable resin material, with an integrated prosthesis coupler at one end.

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