Fillauer Exo knee joint for Dupaco
Rick Stapleton
Description
Collection
Title:
Fillauer Exo knee joint for Dupaco
Creator:
Rick Stapleton
Date:
3/20/2018
Text:
Good morning list-serve,
Does anybody have a knee set up or joints that belong to Fillauer's Exoskeletal Dupaco knee joints? I have a Vietnam veteran that is technically a BK but has been treated as an AK since the late 70s (his BK is amputated at tibia tubercle level). We have always used the Hosmer Yoke for Knee Disarticulations (found on page 228 of Fillauer's catalog) and I am in desperate need of a complete set of joints (both proximal and the exo knee shin). Other facilities have tried to make him a prosthesis using endoskeletal components but then he cannot get in and out of his car because of the length of the thigh/knee section. I have to use an exoskeletal with a Dupaco hydraulic unit since he is very active (hunts, fishes, and volunteers all over the place.) If anyone has gently used (but in good condition) components or a knee shin set up I will gladly take it off your hands. Unfortunately Fillauer does not make it anymore nor will they fabricate a new one for me even if I paid for it (they no longer have the tooling I am told.) I do not have too many options so I need your help.
Thanks in advance,
Rick Stapleton, CPO
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Does anybody have a knee set up or joints that belong to Fillauer's Exoskeletal Dupaco knee joints? I have a Vietnam veteran that is technically a BK but has been treated as an AK since the late 70s (his BK is amputated at tibia tubercle level). We have always used the Hosmer Yoke for Knee Disarticulations (found on page 228 of Fillauer's catalog) and I am in desperate need of a complete set of joints (both proximal and the exo knee shin). Other facilities have tried to make him a prosthesis using endoskeletal components but then he cannot get in and out of his car because of the length of the thigh/knee section. I have to use an exoskeletal with a Dupaco hydraulic unit since he is very active (hunts, fishes, and volunteers all over the place.) If anyone has gently used (but in good condition) components or a knee shin set up I will gladly take it off your hands. Unfortunately Fillauer does not make it anymore nor will they fabricate a new one for me even if I paid for it (they no longer have the tooling I am told.) I do not have too many options so I need your help.
Thanks in advance,
Rick Stapleton, CPO
NOTE: The information in this email and any attachments may be confidential and/or medical privileged. Access to this email by anyone other than the intended addressee is unauthorized. If you are not the intended recipient (or the employee or agent responsible for delivering this information to the intended recipient), please notify the sender by reply email and immediately delete this email and any copies from your computer and/or electronic storage system. The sender does not authorize the use, distribution, disclosure or reproduction of this email (or any part of its contents) by anyone other than the intended recipient(s). No representation is made that this email and any attachments are free of viruses. Virus scanning is recommended and is the responsibility of the recipient.
Citation
Rick Stapleton, “Fillauer Exo knee joint for Dupaco,” Digital Resource Foundation for Orthotics and Prosthetics, accessed November 1, 2024, https://library.drfop.org/items/show/208733.
