Filling a Transtibial Elongated Positive Plaster Mold
Distal tissue elongation is a common occurrence in transtibial sockets with locking liners. Various gel liner manufacturers offer matrix systems ...
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A New Approach to Trimming CAD/CAM Prosthetic Sockets
With computer-aided design (CAD) becoming commonplace in O&P, it behooves us to examine whether our existing processes are still ...
Getting the Most Out of Your Fabrication Team
Having been a technician, lab manager, and central fabrication lab owner for more than thirty years, I've had the ...
Friddle’s Vacuum Pump Overhaul
Imagine you have plastic in the oven, about to come out, and you hear the vacuum pump make a ...
Intrigue Versus Risk: Clinic-based 3D Printing of Prosthetic Devices
As the popularity of 3D printing gains momentum in the prosthetics industry, some O&P professionals have considered purchasing a 3D ...
Mackie Joints: Treating the Extreme
Figure 1. I treated a patient with cerebral palsy during his physical therapy appointment. He had extreme wrist flexion contractures, ...
Fabricating a Crow Boot With a Toe Filler
A patient who has a transmetatarsal amputation and severe inversion supination on the affected foot came into the office for ...
Device Fabrication: Then There Was One
Anyone who has worked in O&P for any length of time knows that figuring out how to manage fabrication can ...
Build a Light Box
If you make double upright orthoses, a light box is a must. If you don't have a light box, or ...
Adventures in Reestablishing a Lab
This year, my wife and I decided it was time for a change of scenery. So, when I was hired by ...
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