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RESPONSES: Orthotic Knee Joint--need help identifying
Posted By: Paul Rieth on July 18, 2012
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 A?" 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 A?". 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 "S"s in kind of a "wave" fashion. |
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