Molded to patient model???
Tony Barr
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Molded to patient model???
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Tony Barr
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> > > We would blowup a rubber
> > > balloon and fit it in the socket to simulate the distal end of the stump
> and
> > > lay some plaster wrap on to top. We then filled the brim and modified the
> > > cast. On next trip we would fit the socket set up on an adjustable leg,
> and on
> > > the third trip the prosthesis was delivered….. CAD/CAM of the 70s.
> >
> > > Surely some of the measurement based CAD systems have improved the end
> result
> > > over what we were doing as ABC certified prosthetists not that many years
> ago.
> > >
> > > Al Pike, CP
> > >
>
CAD maaaaybe an improvement over ballons??!!
> The topic here is really of professionalism, and the fact that prosthetists are not
> paid for being professionals, but rather as vendors.Not being a prosthetist but a consumer,one of the major problems of promoting CAD systems is that it tends to provide the illusion to the consumer that since it is high tec,computerized, it must be better way than the traditional multiple test socket,hands on method of properly fitting by a prosthetist professional.Hence if my HMO will cover the cost they must of checked out its effectiveness
Tony Barr.
>
> > > We would blowup a rubber
> > > balloon and fit it in the socket to simulate the distal end of the stump
> and
> > > lay some plaster wrap on to top. We then filled the brim and modified the
> > > cast. On next trip we would fit the socket set up on an adjustable leg,
> and on
> > > the third trip the prosthesis was delivered….. CAD/CAM of the 70s.
> >
> > > Surely some of the measurement based CAD systems have improved the end
> result
> > > over what we were doing as ABC certified prosthetists not that many years
> ago.
> > >
> > > Al Pike, CP
> > >
>
CAD maaaaybe an improvement over ballons??!!
> The topic here is really of professionalism, and the fact that prosthetists are not
> paid for being professionals, but rather as vendors.Not being a prosthetist but a consumer,one of the major problems of promoting CAD systems is that it tends to provide the illusion to the consumer that since it is high tec,computerized, it must be better way than the traditional multiple test socket,hands on method of properly fitting by a prosthetist professional.Hence if my HMO will cover the cost they must of checked out its effectiveness
Tony Barr.
>
Citation
Tony Barr, “Molded to patient model???,” Digital Resource Foundation for Orthotics and Prosthetics, accessed November 24, 2024, https://library.drfop.org/items/show/210818.
