Patent ID: 7927378

Claim:
An apparatus for attaching a prosthetic to a residual limb, comprising: a. a gas impervious sleeve for surrounding a lower portion of said limb, said sleeve having an outer surface; b. a gas impervious circumferential skirt integrally joined with and depending downward from an upper portion of said sleeve, said skirt having an outer surface; c. means positioned between said sleeve and said skirt for permeation of air between said outer surface of said sleeve and said skirt; d. a prosthetic socket having an inner surface and an outer surface, wherein said socket is positioned over said sleeve and said skirt, and wherein said outer surface of said skirt bears against said inner surface of said socket such that a airtight seal is created between said socket and said sleeve; and, e. said socket including a vacuum port in a lower portion thereof, said port connected to a vacuum source; f. wherein said socket is adapted to fit over a residual limb selected from a group consisting of a residual limb above the knee, a residual limb below the knee, a residual limb above the elbow, and a residual limb below the elbow; and g. wherein said permeation means comprises a fabric sock adapted to slide over said sleeve.