Ohio Willow Wood Unveils the Omega™ Digital System

The Omega", a new, broad-ranging digital system from the Ohio Willow Wood Company, was revealed during the American Orthotic and Prosthetic Association National Assembly October 9-12 in Chicago, Illinois. The comprehensive system covers the prosthetic process from patient information-gathering through ordering componentry.

The new system incorporates technology from Tracer Corporation, which was recently acquired by Ohio Willow Wood. It began as research for the total Alpha® AK solution, but soon outgrew those boundaries.

The new system starts with the Omega T-Ring", the first digital device designed to accurately capture the entire 3-D shape of a residual limb in less than 1/100th of a second.

The OmegaPDA (Practitioner Digital Assistant), included with every desktop system, is designed to streamline the process of collecting patient information.

The OmegaPDA prompts the prosthetists for specific data such as socket type and measurements. This PDA can even help build a limb for the patient by showing the componentry options that are appropriate, based on the patient's activity level, weight, suspension type, clearance, and others factors.

By using the OmegaPDA, patient information and componentry selection need only be entered once. The data can then be stored, printed, used to order componentry, or used by the Tracer software when starting a new patient file. The same customized patient evaluation forms are also loaded on the portable OmegaPC.

Custom electronics mounted in the lightweight Omega T-Ring" enable practitioners to capture both AK and BK shapes with a push of a button. After the patient has donned the appropriate T-Ring Mapping Liner, the prosthetist adds peel-and-stick landmarks, positions the T-Ring around the limb and presses the button. The T-Ring captures the 3-D shape of the limb and displays the image in Tracer Clinical Software for modification.

Once the shape is captured it can be modified with Tracer Clinical Software. In "Assistant" mode, the practitioner is guided through the sequential steps necessary to take a T-Ring image and create a modified BK or AK check socket. Advanced shape manipulations can be made in "Expert" mode, using Tracer's free-form clinical tools. The Omega T-Ring Package allows practitioners to start up quickly and gain expertise over time.

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