PROSTHESIS OF LOWER EXTREMITY Russian patent published in 1997 - IPC

FIELD: medical equipment, particular, prosthetics and manufacture of prostheses. SUBSTANCE: the offered prosthesis has dismantling adjusting-and-connecting device having structural members in joints of prosthesis and cylindrical body combining structural members to form together with organically operated body the tubular post of prosthesis from two bodies located in each other. A distinguishing feature of technical solution of the offered prosthesis consists in that the internal body is made transversely split of high-strength metal, and external body is made with longitudinal joint of thin-walled molded blanks of high-molecular- weight laminated plastic, fastened with possible dismantling through joint in it of internal body without disassembly of prosthesis and filled with foam. EFFECT: higher efficiency. 3 dwg