FW: [OANDP-L] I don't care.

FW: [OANDP-L] I don't care.

Joe Sansone

6/12/2002

It should not matter whether these individuals are providing patient care or
if they are simply interested parties in the industry. They support the
industry at trade shows, advertise in our journals and further our industry
with their product developments. So long as their posts are grammatically
correct and do not contain obvious spelling errors, I have no problem with
their posts. Of course not being a practitioner I may be somewhat biased.


Joe Sansone
C.E.O
TMC Orthopedic
www.tmcortho.com

-----Original Message-----
From: John Walker [mailto:<Email Address Redacted>]
Sent: Wednesday, June 12, 2002 5:52 AM
To: <Email Address Redacted>
Subject: [OANDP-L] Sales Rep or Competition

Recently I have been noticing a lot of post by Licensed or Certified people
working for some of the brace and prosthetic companies. (i.e., Generation II
and Flotech) What I am try to find out is are these individuals product reps
or in patient care. One resent post that puzzled me was:

Ladies and Gentlemen

I have an elderly patient with a failed TKA that we need to put into a Post
-op design with a hinge that will lock automatically in extension and can be
released by the patient for sitting. If you have any experience with this
type of product please forward your response and I will post the results.
Thank you in advance.

For a Licensed Orthotist this question would seem easily solved by a custom
knee with bail or Kafo with bail. However this Orthotist apparently is
unfamiliar with a brace that locks in extension and can be released by the
patient.

John Walker