Reply summary: question about old style Terminal Device
Ted Trower
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Title:
Reply summary: question about old style Terminal Device
Creator:
Ted Trower
Date:
11/19/2003
Text:
My question was:
This will be one for the old-timers and UE specialists.
I don't recognize the TD on a prosthesis for sale on ebay. Who can fill me
in on what it is?
<URL Redacted>
I received 19 replys, only two of which failed to properly identify the
TD. The most authoratative response came from the former manufacturer and
follows here:
==========================================================================
The Terminal Device on the eBay item is a Trautman Hook. The TD was
redesigned and now longer had the spring on it. The manufacturing of the
Trautman Hook was discontinued around 1995. We still get a call every now
and then from a practitioner with a patient that has always worn a Trautman
Hook and does not want to wear anything else. Unfortunately we cannot help
them.
The picture looks like the prosthesis is fabricate with a fiber material
that was used by us, (at that time Trautmans/ Minneapolis Artificial Limb
Co. now ACTRA Rehabilitation Assoc. & ACTRA Machine Products) back in the
late 40's early 50's.
I did see an article in one of the O & P magazines that there was someone
that was going to start to manufacture a terminal device the same as the
Trautman. I have not seen anything that it is now available.
If I can answer any further questions you can give us a call at 952-922-1193
Carole Fleischhacker
General Manager
ACTRA Machine Products
6981 Oxford Street
St. Louis Park, MN 55426
Phone: 952-922-1193
Fax: 952-922-3724
E-mail: <Email Address Redacted>
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My thanks to all who responded, and no, I'm not bidding, just curious.
Ted A. Trower C.P.O.
A-S-C Orthotics & Prosthetics
Jackson, Michigan, USA
www.amputee.com
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This will be one for the old-timers and UE specialists.
I don't recognize the TD on a prosthesis for sale on ebay. Who can fill me
in on what it is?
<URL Redacted>
I received 19 replys, only two of which failed to properly identify the
TD. The most authoratative response came from the former manufacturer and
follows here:
==========================================================================
The Terminal Device on the eBay item is a Trautman Hook. The TD was
redesigned and now longer had the spring on it. The manufacturing of the
Trautman Hook was discontinued around 1995. We still get a call every now
and then from a practitioner with a patient that has always worn a Trautman
Hook and does not want to wear anything else. Unfortunately we cannot help
them.
The picture looks like the prosthesis is fabricate with a fiber material
that was used by us, (at that time Trautmans/ Minneapolis Artificial Limb
Co. now ACTRA Rehabilitation Assoc. & ACTRA Machine Products) back in the
late 40's early 50's.
I did see an article in one of the O & P magazines that there was someone
that was going to start to manufacture a terminal device the same as the
Trautman. I have not seen anything that it is now available.
If I can answer any further questions you can give us a call at 952-922-1193
Carole Fleischhacker
General Manager
ACTRA Machine Products
6981 Oxford Street
St. Louis Park, MN 55426
Phone: 952-922-1193
Fax: 952-922-3724
E-mail: <Email Address Redacted>
===============================================================
My thanks to all who responded, and no, I'm not bidding, just curious.
Ted A. Trower C.P.O.
A-S-C Orthotics & Prosthetics
Jackson, Michigan, USA
www.amputee.com
___________________________________________________________
CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE
THIS E-MAIL TRANSMISSION, INCLUDING ANY ATTACHMENT, IS INTENDED ONLY FOR
THE USE OF THE INDIVIDUAL PERSON OR PERSONS TO WHICH IT IS ADDRESSED OR
COPIED TO, AND MAY CONTAIN INFORMATION THAT IS PRIVILEGED, CONFIDENTIAL,
AND EXEMPT FROM DISCLOSURE UNDER THE APPLICABLE LAW. ANY DISSEMINATION,
DISTRIBUTION OR COPYING OF THIS COMMUNICATION IS PROHIBITED WITHOUT THE
WRITTEN CONSENT OF ITS SENDER.
Citation
Ted Trower, “Reply summary: question about old style Terminal Device,” Digital Resource Foundation for Orthotics and Prosthetics, accessed November 5, 2024, https://library.drfop.org/items/show/222098.
