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                  A thermoplastic molding (1) was created around a plaster mold (6) of a test subject’s residual limb. Nodules filled with micro beads (5), that are malleable and conforming to residual limb, line all sides of the socket. Vacuum tubing is used to connect the nodules to a vacuum hose adapter. Not labeled above, the nodules are connected to floating elements of the socket – the ladder (2) and ratchets (3) allow for simple readjustment of fitting. The limb is inserted before the ladders are tightened, allowing for an easy insertion. The moveable nodules create an component that is fully adaptable to volume change. Vacuum suction is applied to the nodules through the tubing network and a pump and the conformed nodules are hardened (jamming phase transition) around the residual limb. Depending on volume fluctuations of the limb, vacuum can be removed and refitting can be done with the same procedure.

 

 

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