Issues with the Allux
Matt Harris
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Title:
Issues with the Allux
Creator:
Matt Harris
Date:
8/13/2020
Text:
I'm curious if any practitioners out there have used the Proteor Allux knee
and had problems with it. We have a patient who is a moderate to high
activity user who has had multiple issues. She damaged the pins in the
original charging port, which they later re-designed presumptively due to
multiple similar failures. She has worn the bearings out on the knee twice
within the span of a year and we have had to send it overseas for repairs
each time. Obviously this is a frustrating situation as it takes months to
get it back. By the time it came back, she had worn out the bearings on
the loaner. A rep from Proteor even came out to help program and make sure
the alignment was correct. Has anyone else had a similar experience with
this knee? Does anyone have suggestions for an alternative knee in the
future?
Thank you,
Matthew Harris, CPO
Horizon Prosthetics
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and had problems with it. We have a patient who is a moderate to high
activity user who has had multiple issues. She damaged the pins in the
original charging port, which they later re-designed presumptively due to
multiple similar failures. She has worn the bearings out on the knee twice
within the span of a year and we have had to send it overseas for repairs
each time. Obviously this is a frustrating situation as it takes months to
get it back. By the time it came back, she had worn out the bearings on
the loaner. A rep from Proteor even came out to help program and make sure
the alignment was correct. Has anyone else had a similar experience with
this knee? Does anyone have suggestions for an alternative knee in the
future?
Thank you,
Matthew Harris, CPO
Horizon Prosthetics
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of the addressee(s) named above and may contain information that is
legally privileged. If you are not the addressee, or the person
responsible for delivering it to the addressee, you are hereby notified
that reading, disseminating, distributing or copying this message is
strictly prohibited. If you have received this message by mistake,
please
immediately notify us by replying to the message and delete the
original
message immediately thereafter. Thank you for your attention
to this
important matter.
Citation
Matt Harris, “Issues with the Allux,” Digital Resource Foundation for Orthotics and Prosthetics, accessed November 5, 2024, https://library.drfop.org/items/show/255113.
