Patent ID: 8551185

Claim:
A mounting plate system for use with a prosthetic socket, the socket having at least one aperture in a distal end thereof and in fluid communication with an interior portion of the socket which receives a residual limb, the mounting plate system comprising: a mounting plate having a top face arranged to be directly adjacent to a distal outer periphery of the socket, and a bottom face for attachment to lower portions of a prosthetic limb; an opening in the mounting plate extending from the top face to the bottom face thereof, and a bottom recess in the mounting plate extending from the bottom face and surrounding the opening; a valve housing positioned in the opening and having a channel therein for fluid communication with the interior portion of the socket via the at least one aperture, the valve housing further having a shoulder portion arranged to abut the bottom recess in the mounting plate; and a one-way expulsion valve arranged to be removably secured directly between and against the valve housing and the socket distal outer periphery adjacent the aperture and for regulating fluid communication between the interior portion of the socket and the channel in the valve housing, the valve housing arranged for compressing a flange of the one-way expulsion valve against the distal outer periphery of the socket to form a seal therewith.