Part 4: Supplies
Sources of Supply
Part I Tools
- General instruments for measuring and drawing.
- General woodwork tools.
- General tools for metal work.
Part I - Materials
- Wood,
- metal sheet (2 mm thick),
- plastic tube or PE foam.
Part 2 - Tools
- Measurement and writing instruments,
- pencil, measuring tape,
- folding meter, ruler.
- Cutting tools:
- sharp knife, scissors,
- chambering blade (Fig. 1).
- Machines and alternatives:
- router machine with sanding drum,
- or hand rasp and sandpaper rough and fine.
- air circulating or electric oven or charcoal fire.
- Other items:
- workbench with bench-vice,
- support for cutting (wooden board, about I m x I m x 20 mm (39 x 39 x 1.2 inches),
- glueing aid (Fig. 3),
- hammer,
- tongs,
- glue-brush/spatula,
- glue container,
- talcum in container.
Part 2 - Materials
- PE foam, about 7 mm thick (PE-lite, Tepefoam, Polyfoam, Campolite, Multifoam, but not Plastazote),
- Pattex or other glue,
- cotton stockinette, width 80-120 mm (3-4.6 inches),
- fast setting p.o.p. bandage,
- water,
- adhesive tape on linen base,
- small nails.
Part 3 - Tools
- Same as for Part 2, in addition:
- towel,
- strong leather scissors,
- 1 needle,
- mixing containers for resin,
- spatula for stirring,
- protective eyeglasses,
- round rasp,
- half round rasp,
- either router machine with rasp cutter or curved chisel and hammer.
Part 3 - Materials
- Either acrylic resin and hardener or polyester resin and hardener (and accelerator if necessary).
- 2-3 pre-manufactured PVA film sleeves for BK prostheses,
- 2 elastic bandages or strong gauze bandages, adhesive tape on PE base (take care with PVC tapes!),
- Nylon/cotton stockinette 80 x 120 mm (3-4.6 inches) width,
PE foam, thickness about 5 mm, shoemaker thread, - 2 shoelaces about 30 mm (about 12 inches) long.
- Block made of light wood, 120 x 120 x 120 mm (4.8 x 4.8 x 4.8 inches).
Sources of Supply for Countries
for countries with purchasing possibility in Germany:
Fa. Otto Bock
Orthop. Industrie KG
3428 Duderstadt - FRG
(this firm has international establishments)Fa.Schein
Orthop�die Service KG
5630 Remscheid-Lennep - FRGFa. W.J. Teufel
Postfach 1357
7000 Stuttgart 1 - FRG
for countries with purchasing possibility in USA:
Durr-Fillauer Medical Inc.
P.O. Box 1678
2710 Amnicola Highway
Chattanooga - USAHosmer Dorrance Corporation
P.O. Box 37
Campbell California - USAUnited States Manufacturing Co.
180 North San Gabriel Blvd.
P.O. Box 5030
Passadena California 91108 - USA
for countries with purchasing possibility in the UK:
Otto Bock (UK) Ltd.,
32 Parsonage Road,
Inglefield Green,
Egham, Surrey.
UKJ.E. Hanger & Co. Ltd.,
Roehampton Lane,
Roehampton, London SW15 5PL
UK
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