RESPONSES: Orthotic Knee Joint--need help identifying
Paul Rieth
Description
Collection
Title:
RESPONSES: Orthotic Knee Joint--need help identifying
Creator:
Paul Rieth
Date:
7/18/2012
Text:
The joint was quickly identified as an older version of the
UltraSafeStep knee joint by Ultraflex. Thanks to all who so quickly
replied.
Original Inquiry: I'm trying to identify a knee joint on an adult KAFO
that is in need of
repair. It is a hip lever release type. The hip lever is huge--1.5
wide plastic gray lever. The hip lever juts out of the pulley
mechanism (resembling a small hockey puck)--2.5 wide by ½ thick,
black
in color. The cables, enshrouded with plastic tubing, attach into the
superior aspect of the knee joints. The knee joint is modular and is
offset distally by about ½. The joint itself is not offset, just
where
the distal sidebar attaches. There is a plastic snap piece, about
the size of a dime, that inserts over the knee axis on the outside. On
the plastic snap piece is a red and blue logo. Red outlining. In the
center there are 3 blue markings that resemble Ss in kind of a
wave
fashion.
UltraSafeStep knee joint by Ultraflex. Thanks to all who so quickly
replied.
Original Inquiry: I'm trying to identify a knee joint on an adult KAFO
that is in need of
repair. It is a hip lever release type. The hip lever is huge--1.5
wide plastic gray lever. The hip lever juts out of the pulley
mechanism (resembling a small hockey puck)--2.5 wide by ½ thick,
black
in color. The cables, enshrouded with plastic tubing, attach into the
superior aspect of the knee joints. The knee joint is modular and is
offset distally by about ½. The joint itself is not offset, just
where
the distal sidebar attaches. There is a plastic snap piece, about
the size of a dime, that inserts over the knee axis on the outside. On
the plastic snap piece is a red and blue logo. Red outlining. In the
center there are 3 blue markings that resemble Ss in kind of a
wave
fashion.
Citation
Paul Rieth, “RESPONSES: Orthotic Knee Joint--need help identifying,” Digital Resource Foundation for Orthotics and Prosthetics, accessed November 2, 2024, https://library.drfop.org/items/show/233873.
