Friday, March 29, 2024

Revolimb replies

Mike Carzoli

I didn’t get as many replies as I was hoping. Here are the responses. Thanks to those who gave any information.

Mike Carzoli

Hi Mike,
I have one patient using the Revo limb. My experience and opinion about the system is mixed… I feel like the system is beneficial for a certain type of patient. The patient I have in it is a 30 year old very active guy who is mechanically inclined and has had patience with the wrinkles being worked out. He gets how and why it works and can even fix the system himself. It seems the cabling system isn’t strong enough for this particular guy; it has broken half a dozen times due to wear and tear/normal use. That seems like one of the only weak links. The ability to tighten the windows to adjust tension within the socket is a really great feature, and exactly what this particular patient needs. Pretty neat that you can put those windows wherever you want to, really, so long as the socket walls surrounding them are extremely strong. The fabrication needs to be done by a really good technician; fortunately I had access to that.

Hope this helps a little. Good luck!
Amy Paulios

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Mike,

I attended an Ohio Academy meeting in the early 1980’s where a very talented
technician who worked for Vern Swanson had the very same set-up controlled
my Allen screws adjusting the pressure pads and not the wire/cable. The
cable globally adjusted where the Allen screws adjusted each pad
independently. I hope that technician made a buck off this.
Kind of like the KISS suspension. We all did it in a different fashion
decades prior to the introduction of the KISS system. (KISS is nice though!
I sue it regularly.)
Good Luck!!

Gary M. Yackley CP, BOCO

Central Maine Orthotics & Prosthetics

229 Center St

Auburn, ME 04210

(207)689-2270 Fax: (207)689-2272

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I have fit about a dozen, all types including 3 designs I invented; adjustable TT supracondylar suspension, circumferencial adjustability for transfemoral Sealin, upper and lower adjustable posterior wall for TT with very bulbous limb. Just keep the knob out of the way so it doesn’t get knocked off.
Lane Ferrin CP
NW O&P
Provo UT

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Feel free to call with any questions we do several a week and have all parts in stock
Fabtech systems 800-322-8324

Thanks, Scott Wimberley

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I have fit three in the past two months with great success two long AK and
one short to medium. I was using the Alps Guardian liner but changed the
two with firm tissue(one long, one short-medium) to the Iceross Seal In
liner for better suction after a couple of weeks of use. The activity
level of these patients range from low-medium to medium-high. I have
longer term patients on this system as well with an overall increased
sense of stability and security.
Jerry Hinton, LPO

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