Patent ID: 11911300
Assignee: MEDICAL CREATIONS, INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 9:
10. A method for shaping a prosthetic socket, comprising:
providing a compression sleeve attached to a suspension stand;
arranging the prosthetic socket having a conical cup portion and base portion on a residual limb of a patient;
heating the conical cup portion of the prosthetic socket to a shaping temperature in a range from about 70° C. and 150° C.;
shaping the prosthetic socket through the compression sleeve to confirm to a residual limb of the patient,
wherein the compression sleeve is sized and configured to apply circumferential pressure onto the prosthetic socket during the shaping of the prosthetic socket,
wherein the suspension stand comprises:
a base;
a support; and
a receiver,

wherein the base portion has a shaping temperature that is different than the shaping temperature of the conical cup portion.