Patent ID: 6444282
Filing Date: 2002-09-03
Classification: A61F,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
A blank for forming an impression of an interior surface of a prosthetic limb socket, the blank comprising:a side wall having an exterior surface sized for insertion into the prosthetic limb socket, the blank being formed of a thermoplastic material having a flexural modulus between approximately 40,000 to 250,000 psi; the blank being malleable when heated to a temperature so that the exterior surface of the blank side wall is conformable to the interior surface of the prosthetic limb socket to obtain a molded blank shape; the thermoplastic material being rigid yet temporarily deflectable when cooled below the temperature so that the blank side wall retains the molded blank shape when cooled yet deflects so that the blank having the molded blank shape is removable from the prosthetic limb socket.