Wood artificial leg (prosthesis) for above knee amputee
Artificial leg (prosthesis) fabricated by a true artisan in the 1960s at Bardach Schone in Chicago. This is becoming a lost art in the United States.
It is an example of the lost art of prosthetics in producing a cosmetic prosthesis. The demise of the Art of Prosthetics started with the introduction of the endoskeleton prosthesis in the 1970s and the prosthetic industry’s inability to produce a sturdy and cosmetic foam covering. Early Otto Bock advertising placed cosmetics at the forefront of the four functions of endoskeleton prostheses. While I was with Otto Bock technician Ronny Larson and I came up with a superior finishing technique then the one published by Otto Bock Germany in their technical information bulletins. It was adopted by Otto Bock and the prosthetics industry but in the long run could not overcome the increasing size and bulk of new endoskeleton components. Today the industry is trying to overcome the short comings of cosmetic prostheses by redirecting amputees to embrace the oddity of prostheses. The following video is the original design:
Wood artificial leg (prosthesis) for above knee amputee
Artificial leg (prosthesis) fabricated by a true artisan in the 1960s at Bardach Schone in Chicago. This is becoming a lost art in the United States.
It is an example of the lost art of prosthetics in producing a cosmetic prosthesis. The demise of the Art of Prosthetics started with the introduction of the endoskeleton prosthesis in the 1970s and the prosthetic industry’s inability to produce a sturdy and cosmetic foam covering. Early Otto Bock advertising placed cosmetics at the forefront of the four functions of endoskeleton prostheses. While I was with Otto Bock technician Ronny Larson and I came up with a superior finishing technique then the one published by Otto Bock Germany in their technical information bulletins. It was adopted by Otto Bock and the prosthetics industry but in the long run could not overcome the increasing size and bulk of new endoskeleton components. Today the industry is trying to overcome the short comings of cosmetic prostheses by redirecting amputees to embrace the oddity of prostheses. The following video is the original design: