APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR A DIRECTLY MOLDED PROSTHETIC LIMB

• Main Authors: OM, GERMAN, HOPKINS, MARK, JEON, BRIAN, DUMM, ROCHELLE, KEENAHAN, KEVIN, PATRICK, GRAHAM, IAN
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French
• Published: 13.11.2014
• Subjects: BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; CHEMICAL ASPECTS OF BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS, ORSURGICAL ARTICLES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF,TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, E.G. STENTS; DISINFECTION, STERILISATION, OR DEODORISATION OF AIR; FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; FIRST-AID KITS; FOMENTATION; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; MATERIALS FOR BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS, OR SURGICALARTICLES; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; METHODS OR APPARATUS FOR STERILISING MATERIALS OR OBJECTS INGENERAL; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; PROSTHESES; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS

The disclosure provides a prosthetic socket that may include an inner socket made of a re-moldable thermoplastic material and having a proximal end and a distal end, the proximal end of the inner socket being configured to receive a distal end of a residual limb of a subject; an outer shell having a...