GB2148177B - Adjusting the shape of athermoplastics orthotic or prosthetic device - Google Patents

Adjusting the shape of athermoplastics orthotic or prosthetic device

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Publication number
GB2148177B
GB2148177B GB08425622A GB8425622A GB2148177B GB 2148177 B GB2148177 B GB 2148177B GB 08425622 A GB08425622 A GB 08425622A GB 8425622 A GB8425622 A GB 8425622A GB 2148177 B GB2148177 B GB 2148177B
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Prior art keywords
athermoplastics
orthotic
adjusting
shape
prosthetic device
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Expired
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GB08425622A
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GB8425622D0 (en
GB2148177A (en
Inventor
Victor James Woolnough
John Jeffrey Shorter
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Blatchford & Sons Ltd
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Blatchford & Sons Ltd
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61F—FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS
    • A61F2/00—Filters implantable into blood vessels; Prostheses, i.e. artificial substitutes or replacements for parts of the body; Appliances for connecting them with the body; Devices providing patency to, or preventing collapsing of, tubular structures of the body, e.g. stents
    • A61F2/50—Prostheses not implantable in the body
    • A61F2/5044—Designing or manufacturing processes
    • A61F2/5046—Designing or manufacturing processes for designing or making customized prostheses, e.g. using templates, finite-element analysis or CAD-CAM techniques
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61F—FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS
    • A61F2/00—Filters implantable into blood vessels; Prostheses, i.e. artificial substitutes or replacements for parts of the body; Appliances for connecting them with the body; Devices providing patency to, or preventing collapsing of, tubular structures of the body, e.g. stents
    • A61F2/50—Prostheses not implantable in the body
    • A61F2/78—Means for protecting prostheses or for attaching them to the body, e.g. bandages, harnesses, straps, or stockings for the limb stump
    • A61F2/80—Sockets, e.g. of suction type
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B29—WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE IN GENERAL
    • B29C—SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING
    • B29C57/00—Shaping of tube ends, e.g. flanging, belling or closing; Apparatus therefor, e.g. collapsible mandrels
    • B29C57/02—Belling or enlarging, e.g. combined with forming a groove
    • B29C57/04—Belling or enlarging, e.g. combined with forming a groove using mechanical means
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61F—FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS
    • A61F2/00—Filters implantable into blood vessels; Prostheses, i.e. artificial substitutes or replacements for parts of the body; Appliances for connecting them with the body; Devices providing patency to, or preventing collapsing of, tubular structures of the body, e.g. stents
    • A61F2/50—Prostheses not implantable in the body
    • A61F2/5044—Designing or manufacturing processes
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61F—FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS
    • A61F2210/00—Particular material properties of prostheses classified in groups A61F2/00 - A61F2/26 or A61F2/82 or A61F9/00 or A61F11/00 or subgroups thereof
    • A61F2210/0071—Particular material properties of prostheses classified in groups A61F2/00 - A61F2/26 or A61F2/82 or A61F9/00 or A61F11/00 or subgroups thereof thermoplastic
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B29—WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE IN GENERAL
    • B29L—INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASS B29C, RELATING TO PARTICULAR ARTICLES
    • B29L2031/00—Other particular articles
    • B29L2031/753—Medical equipment; Accessories therefor
    • B29L2031/7532—Artificial members, protheses

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  • Health & Medical Sciences (AREA)
  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Life Sciences & Earth Sciences (AREA)
  • Animal Behavior & Ethology (AREA)
  • Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery (AREA)
  • Biomedical Technology (AREA)
  • Heart & Thoracic Surgery (AREA)
  • Vascular Medicine (AREA)
  • Cardiology (AREA)
  • Transplantation (AREA)
  • General Health & Medical Sciences (AREA)
  • Public Health (AREA)
  • Veterinary Medicine (AREA)
  • Manufacturing & Machinery (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Materials For Medical Uses (AREA)
  • Orthopedics, Nursing, And Contraception (AREA)
GB08425622A 1983-10-10 1984-10-10 Adjusting the shape of athermoplastics orthotic or prosthetic device Expired GB2148177B (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (1)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
GB838327015A GB8327015D0 (en) 1983-10-10 1983-10-10 Adjusting artificial limb socket

Publications (3)

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GB8425622D0 GB8425622D0 (en) 1984-11-14
GB2148177A GB2148177A (en) 1985-05-30
GB2148177B true GB2148177B (en) 1987-10-28

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GB838327015A Pending GB8327015D0 (en) 1983-10-10 1983-10-10 Adjusting artificial limb socket
GB08425622A Expired GB2148177B (en) 1983-10-10 1984-10-10 Adjusting the shape of athermoplastics orthotic or prosthetic device

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Application Number Title Priority Date Filing Date
GB838327015A Pending GB8327015D0 (en) 1983-10-10 1983-10-10 Adjusting artificial limb socket

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Families Citing this family (1)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
FR2799953B1 (en) 1999-10-22 2002-07-05 Proteor Sa PROCESS FOR MANUFACTURING A SLEEVE FOR PROSTHESIS OR ROUGH ORTHESIS USED IN THIS PROCESS AND SLEEVE THUS OBTAINED

Family Cites Families (3)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
GB383229A (en) * 1931-07-03 1932-11-10 Charles Harris Davies Improvements in or relating to socket members for artificial limbs
DE1808110C3 (en) * 1968-11-09 1973-12-20 Dynamit Nobel Ag Method and device for forming a sleeve at the end of a pipe made of thermoplastic material
BE792083A (en) * 1971-12-03 1973-05-29 Unilever Nv METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING CONTAINERS IN THERMOPLASTIC MATERIAL

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GB8425622D0 (en) 1984-11-14
GB8327015D0 (en) 1983-11-09
GB2148177A (en) 1985-05-30

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