Re: Symes sockets
James Hoyt
Description
Collection
Title:
Re: Symes sockets
Creator:
James Hoyt
Date:
6/7/2001
Text:
I use the IPOS-7 silicone and make a nice blatter symes.
The process is long and complicated but works great if the distal end is not
over 2 inches larger than the smallest part.
James R. Hoyt COF
Prosthetist Orthotist
----- Original Message -----
From: Cindy Whitehurst < <Email Address Redacted> >
To: < <Email Address Redacted> >
Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2001 7:22 PM
Subject: [OANDP-L] Symes sockets
> Hi all.
> I am wanting to hear from you all who have come up with the best
> Symes socket designs. Is there anything new in the past few years. I
> have done the doors, silicone expandable walls,built up pelite liners
> with a slit to get in, and even the air chamber. Doors are
> uncosmetic, S.E.W. seem to lose there snugness, Pelite liners bother
> people where I slit them and air chamber valve broke down every
> month. I need new ideas!!
>
> Thanks Tom Whitehurst CPO
>
>
The process is long and complicated but works great if the distal end is not
over 2 inches larger than the smallest part.
James R. Hoyt COF
Prosthetist Orthotist
----- Original Message -----
From: Cindy Whitehurst < <Email Address Redacted> >
To: < <Email Address Redacted> >
Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2001 7:22 PM
Subject: [OANDP-L] Symes sockets
> Hi all.
> I am wanting to hear from you all who have come up with the best
> Symes socket designs. Is there anything new in the past few years. I
> have done the doors, silicone expandable walls,built up pelite liners
> with a slit to get in, and even the air chamber. Doors are
> uncosmetic, S.E.W. seem to lose there snugness, Pelite liners bother
> people where I slit them and air chamber valve broke down every
> month. I need new ideas!!
>
> Thanks Tom Whitehurst CPO
>
>
Citation
James Hoyt, “Re: Symes sockets,” Digital Resource Foundation for Orthotics and Prosthetics, accessed November 2, 2024, https://library.drfop.org/items/show/216806.
