>Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1998 12:26:15
>To:
>From: Ortopedia Camponez Ltda
>Subject: Polio knee joint
>
>Dear fellows,
>
>I have a polio patient 36 years old,very active and five years ago I have
changed his orthoses to a CAT-CAM socket and with a 17B95 knee joint from
OTTO BOCK.He has loved since the beginning due to the confort,control and
increased a lot his activitie.The problem is that almost every year we have
to change the knee joint because it breaks.The alignement is OK, he is 75 kg
and I have tried to change the joint’s model but he refuses it because he
wants another one that can be unlocked at the hip(trochanter).Do you know
another one that I can try that won’t break with his weight and activity?
>I would like to thank you in advance.
>Sincerely,
>
>Mario Cesar Carvalho
>Biomedical engineer-CPO
>
