TWO-PART PROSTHETIC SOCKET AND METHOD OF MAKING SAME

A two-part prosthetic socket which includes an inner socket component having an inner profile substantially complementary to a profile of a residual limb of a patient, and an outer socket component configured to releasably attach about an outer surface of the inner socket component is disclosed. The inner profile of the inner socket component may be determined from digital data output from a medical imaging scan of the residual limb, which provides a three-dimensional digital profile of the residual limb that includes information on the size and location of at least bone and bone spurs, muscle, scar tissue, and neuroma. The digital data may further include a designed operating range for the size and shape of the three-dimensional digital profile of the residual limb based on such information. The two-part prosthetic socket may be manufactured using additive manufacturing, wherein the inner socket may be formed of a flexible material and the outer socket may be formed of a rigid material.