ARTIFICIAL LIMB SOCKET CONTAINING VOLUME CONTROL PAD

ARTIFICIAL LIMB SOCKET CONTAINING VOLUME CONTROL PAD

A volume control pad (1) is provided for use in the socket of an artificial limb. The volume control pad has a core (2) surrounded by a flexible shell (3). The core includes super absorbent polymer particles which form a gel upon the addition of water thereto. The volume control pad includes a tube...

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1. Verfasser: KARASON, GUDJON, G
Format: Patent
Sprache:eng ; fre ; ger
Schlagworte:
BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS
DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF,TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, E.G. STENTS
FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS
FIRST-AID KITS
FOMENTATION
HUMAN NECESSITIES
HYGIENE
MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE
ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES
PROSTHESES
TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS
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Zusammenfassung:A volume control pad (1) is provided for use in the socket of an artificial limb. The volume control pad has a core (2) surrounded by a flexible shell (3). The core includes super absorbent polymer particles which form a gel upon the addition of water thereto. The volume control pad includes a tube (4) for the introduction of water into the core portion of the pad. The volume control pad provides a simple and inexpensive means for adjusting the conformance of the socket around the residual limb from an initial swollen condition to a further point in time in which the swelling has diminished.