Prosthesis (i.e. – artificial body members) – parts thereof – or ai – Leg – Socket holder
Patent
1995-04-10
1996-06-25
Willse, David H.
Prosthesis (i.e., artificial body members), parts thereof, or ai
Leg
Socket holder
623 35, A61F 278, A61F 280
Patent
active
055295754
ABSTRACT:
A below-knee prosthesis for immediate post-operative use includes a shrinker socket and a frame fitting and following the contours of the lower socket into which the shrinker socket can be slid and secured. The prosthesis fits most below-knee amputees when provided in a minimal number of sizes. The shrinker socket has inner and outer nesting shells, the inner shell following the contours of an amputation stump and being open anteriorly and having a cut-out with outwardly bowed sidewalls forming a guard for the popliteal area and flanking medial and lateral hamstrings. The outer shell follows the contours of the patient's amputation stump anteriorly with a cut-out for the patient's patella and a channel over the patellar tendon. The outer shell otherwise follows the contours of the inner shell and has lateral and medial slits through which the shrinker socket can be compressed in the medial/lateral direction for applying a mild compression for suppressing edema in the stump and for applying pressure along medial and lateral positions of the stump as the patient puts weight thereon.
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Fishel Grace J.
Snow Bruce E.
Southern Illinois Prosthetic and Orthotic Ltd.
Willse David H.
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