Re: Mario Ortiz transfemoral socket design

Re: Mario Ortiz transfemoral socket design

Jim Thelen

10/18/2002

I received the following message from Jon Shinn (as well as many others,
thanks) and thought others may be interested in reading the article by Al
Pike.

Regards,
Jim Thelen


> Hi Jim,
>
> We handle the web site for The O&P Edge, and Tonja Randolph asked us to
> make their November article about Marlo Ortiz's socket design available
> online early, so that you and anyone else who is interested can view it.
> The article is up now, and you can get to it by going to:
> <URL Redacted>
>
> Please note that this article is not linked from the O&P Edge home page
> as of yet - that will happen when the November issue goes online in a
> few weeks. Therefore, the only way that people will be able to view it
> is to have this link, so if you feel it would be valuable to others,
> please send it to the listserver when you summarize the responses.
>
> Kind regards,
> Jon Shinn
> www.oandp.com
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Orthotics and Prosthetics List [mailto:<Email Address Redacted>] On
> Behalf Of Jim Thelen
> Sent: Thursday, October 17, 2002 1:41 PM
> To: <Email Address Redacted>
> Subject: [OANDP-L] Mario Ortiz transfemoral socket design
>
> I have heard mention a couple of times of a transfemoral socket design
> by Mario Ortiz. I have not been able to find anything about it online
> and was wondering if anyone had a link to some information that would
> explain its differences to a more conventional ic socket.
>
> Thanks
> Jim Thelen CP