Microprocessor knees
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Title:
Microprocessor knees
Date:
8/11/2005
Text:
Can anyone help me by providing some feed back comparing the Otto Bock and Ossur (and any other) microprocessor knee's and their function in real world terms. How have they performed in practical applications.
I have all the text book stuff, but would like the good and bad experiences/features people have found with each. Performance Vs adjustment Vs maintainance...etc...etc
I am not crazy about OB's policy that you have to purchase a unit in order to take the course. I have already lost a patient because of this policy. A patient needed a socket replacement, wearing a c-leg, cannot replace the socket and not expect to have to adjust the parameters of the knee...but I had to buy a unit, to take the course, to be able to adjust the knee after replacing the socket(pay $12,000 to replace a socket?)..so I had to send the patient elsewhere!!! OK policy for large practices, not a policy that helps the independent prosthetist, or small independent offices like mine.
My understanding is that a purchase requirement is not the policy with Ossur.
Bottom line is I have a K3 patient I want to consider putting in a microprocessor knee. I want more than the SLK delivers, and am not sure I want to invest $12,000 in a unit that may not be the best option for her. If it is the best option, I have no problem doing so.
Any and all feed back with one Vs the others would be greatly appreciated as we get the process started...obviously this is all dependent on getting the Ins approvals!!!!
Thanks to all ahead of time
Mike Madden, BOCPO, CPO
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I have all the text book stuff, but would like the good and bad experiences/features people have found with each. Performance Vs adjustment Vs maintainance...etc...etc
I am not crazy about OB's policy that you have to purchase a unit in order to take the course. I have already lost a patient because of this policy. A patient needed a socket replacement, wearing a c-leg, cannot replace the socket and not expect to have to adjust the parameters of the knee...but I had to buy a unit, to take the course, to be able to adjust the knee after replacing the socket(pay $12,000 to replace a socket?)..so I had to send the patient elsewhere!!! OK policy for large practices, not a policy that helps the independent prosthetist, or small independent offices like mine.
My understanding is that a purchase requirement is not the policy with Ossur.
Bottom line is I have a K3 patient I want to consider putting in a microprocessor knee. I want more than the SLK delivers, and am not sure I want to invest $12,000 in a unit that may not be the best option for her. If it is the best option, I have no problem doing so.
Any and all feed back with one Vs the others would be greatly appreciated as we get the process started...obviously this is all dependent on getting the Ins approvals!!!!
Thanks to all ahead of time
Mike Madden, BOCPO, CPO
___________________________________________________________________
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Unlimited Internet Access with 250MB of Email Storage.
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Citation
“Microprocessor knees,” Digital Resource Foundation for Orthotics and Prosthetics, accessed November 25, 2024, https://library.drfop.org/items/show/225282.
