Product Showcases

Ossur Launches the New Flex-Foot Assure

Ossurs new Flex-Foot® Assure is the perfect solution for diabetic and vascular amputees, as it incorporates basic Flex-Foot technology, which allows for a soft, smooth rollover, creating a stable gait with the benefits of dynamic response. The Assure, designed specifically for slower walkers, incorporates an active heel and full-length keel that work together to protect the vulnerable sound limb. The simply designed, simple-to-fit Assure restores symmetry, reducing impact on the sound side and allowing basic ambulators to take advantage of premium technology that is just right for them.

Ossur Americas
800.233.6263
www.ossur.com

PEL Supply Offers Diabetic Foot Care Program

PELs Diabetic Foot Care Program offers the most-ordered styles and colors of its foot care products for quick shipment. Choose from 14 diabetic shoe styles, including the Advance^TM Orthopedic; Acor Broadway^TM and Comfort Street^TM with X-Static® silver lining; Apex Ambulator Stretcher, Biomechanical, or Conform; and even the Aetrex Athletic Walker.

PELs Diabetic Foot Care Program also offers bestselling inserts and socks, including the Apex AntiShox ThermThotics^TM, Acor QuikFit® Lite, SoleTech Diabetic Insole, Knit-Rite SmartKnit® Socks, and Healthy Sole^TM Diabetic Socks from Comfort Products. Same-day shipment is available.

PEL Supply Company
800.321.1264
www.pelsupply.com

College Park’s New Onyx Foot

Integrating a dynamic pylon, the multiaxial Onyx^TM Foot allows active users to demand more. Highly customizable with four degrees of plantar-dorsiflexion Angle Control" and adjustable Stride Control® for fine-tuning gait, the sleek Onyx Foot delivers balanced energy with ideal comfort and enhanced terrain compliance.

Key benefits of the Onyx Foot:

• Dynamic pylon foot.
• Superior terrain compliance.
• Precision gait matched for out-of-the-box performance.
• Adjustable Stride Control to fine-tune foot stiffness from heel strike to heel off.
• Three-year warranty.

Onyx balanced energy, ideal comfort.

College Park Industries
800.728.7950
www.college-park.com

Endolite Introduces the Epirus Multiaxial Foot

The Epirus Foot is a lightweight, low-profile, energy-storing foot with multiaxial rotation that is designed for low- to high-impact K3 amputees who may enjoy occasional recreational sports.

Features and benefits of the Epirus Foot:

• Multiaxial rotation with tripod stability system.
• Low-profile, energy-storing-and-return design.
• Biomimetically engineered to provide more natural ankle motion.
• Truly independent heel and toe.

Endolite
800.548.3534
www.endolite.com

Advance Footwear from SoleTech

Advance Footwear encompasses a complete range of footwear from the new Advance Walking Comfort Footwear line to the original Advance Orthopedic and Advance Comfort Footwear lines. SoleTech has engineered these innovative shoes to offer features and benefits that are unequaleddepth, roominess, and style.

Advance Walking Comfort Footwear features an incomparable level of comfort, while the styling rivals that of todays best walking and comfort shoe brands. When your patient is looking for the best combination of athletic styling and comfort, Advance Walking Comfort Footwear can meet all of your needs.

SoleTech Inc.
800.225.2192
www.soletech.com

OPTEC Introduces iMarket Program

Increase patient referrals and grow your business with the new, free iMarket program. iMarket provides you with marketing literature designed specifically for your facility. Whether theyre postcards or trifold brochures, we can personalize your marketing materials, which will help to promote and grow your business.

We design it; you print it!

OPTEC
888.982.8181
www.optecusa.com

New from Ossur The Iceross Transfemoral Seal-In X5

Transfemoral amputees can now appreciate why transtibial amputees are so taken with the new Iceross® Seal-In® X5 liner, which doesnt require troublesome donning procedures, yet results in an airtight seal that conforms to the residual limb and the internal socket wall. This proprietary design with five incorporated seals ensures firm, pure suction, allowing for unprecedented function without sacrificing stability, comfort, or skin health. The integrated, full-length matrix supports the seals during donning to prevent elongation of the distal tissue, while maintaining step-in-and-go convenience.

Ossur Americas
800.233.6263
www.ossur.com

Create Spinal Orthoses with OMEGA Tracer and the OMEGA Scanner

The OMEGA® Scanner makes capturing digital images of spinal shapes easier and more accurate than ever. The scanning method is clean, effective, and comfortable for patients.

Clinicians may directly scan a patient or scan a two-part plaster cast. The OMEGA Tracer® software merges two-part scans into accurate, 3D images to which modifications can easily be made. The software includes numerous modification tools such as bending, correcting alignment, and adjusting breast position.

Once a spinal shape is complete, files may be used with in-house carvers or sent to external fabrication partners.

Ohio Willow Wood
800.848.4930
www.owwco.com

New from Becker: Model 1017, Automatic, Angled Lever-Lock Knee Joint

Model 1017 is a modular, lever-lock knee joint with a locking mechanism that will automatically engage when the joint reaches full extension. The modular design increases manufacturing options and allows for easier maintenance of the orthosis. The long, angled lever is easily operated by the patient and can be shortened or contoured to suit individual needs. Model 1017 comes with an optional anterior pull-cable that allows the patient to simultaneously disengage both locks by
pulling on it.

Becker Orthopedic
800.521.2192
www.beckerorthopedic.com

Medi’s OFM2HD Knee Available with 275 lb. Weight Limit

The OFM2HD boasts an innovative combination of friction-brake and manual-lock features. Easy conversion between functions allows changes between K1 and K2 activity levels.

Key features of the OFM2HD:

• Single-screw adjustment makes functional conversion simple and quick.
• Friction brake can be adjusted to release before toe-off for smoother ambulation.
• Internal extension-assist eliminates noise and hassle of external spring systems.
• Lightweightonly 425g.
• Enhanced braking-system durability provides reliable response for the K2 amputee weighing up to 275 lb.

See our OFM2HD promotion for details!

Medi USA
800.633.6334
www.mediusa.com

Ten Years of Trust Now 10 Percent Off the 1C40

C-Walk® has proven itself with ten years of performance. Now through 2008s end, take 10 percent off on this remarkable carbon-fiber foot!

The patented C-element cushions at heel strike while providing controlled plantarflexion, reaching stable foot flat quickly. Next, the stored energy in the C-element releases, facilitating smooth roll-over. As forefoot loading increases, the C-spring element expands and the toe spring flexes and then releases this stored energy at toe off. With a 220 lb./100kg weight limit, its an excellent option for patients at K3 and K4 activity levels.

Otto Bock HealthCare
800.328.4058
www.ottobockus.com

PEL Supply Offers Ossur’s DH Offloading Shoe

PEL Supply offers Ossurs DH Offloading Shoe for the treatment of diabetic foot ulcers and other plantar wounds.

An excellent alternative to post-op shoes with static pads, the DH Offloading Shoe accommodates the ambulatory and compliant patient through one to four months of treatment, providing a proven, safe environment for wound-care material.

• Accommodates either foot. Easy to apply and modify.
• Designed around the patented active offloading insole.
• Accommodates bulky dressings.
• Super-soft nylon upper with reinforced heel counter.
• Removable toe piece for wound-site inspection.
• Semi-rigid rocker bottom outsole.

PEL Supply Company
800.321.1264
www.pelsupply.com

South West AFOs Use Carbon-Fiber Tech

To create lighter, slimmer, stronger ankle gauntlets, South West Orthopedic Designs (SWOD) uses the latest carbon-fiber technology. Carbon-fiber knit, plus our specialized lamination technique, allows us to fabricate an AFO/SCFO that fits more easily into shoes while still providing the needed support.

SWOD ankle gauntlets include the 7-in. Sundance, 9-in. Standard (articulated), and Extended/AFO-style brace (pictured). SWOD offers free shipping, five- to seven- day turnaround, and special perks for SWOD TEAM members.

With more than 40 years of experience and the latest fabrication advancements, SWOD is your source for AFO central fab.

South West Orthopedic Designs
480.703.9433
www.pttd.com

Let’s Get Your Patients Back on Their Feet

With one of the largest and most extensive selections in diabetic and orthopedic footwear, stepping out in style and color has never been so easy!

Our footwear stock includes BoxerDogs, Mt. Emey, and Answer2. We also offer Medicare-approved, custom diabetic inserts, as well as toe fillers, prefab diabetic inserts, and other products pertaining to diabetic foot management. We guarantee value pricing, huge product selection, and a commitment to excellent service that you have to experience to believe. Our 2008 catalog is available.

Apis Footwear Co.
888.937.2747
www.bignwideshoes.com

The Eldorado Z-Axis Climbing Foot New from TRS

TRS introduces a unique, super-compact (7-in. long), high-performance rock climbing foot for the adult unilateral and bilateral climber. Supplied with a titanium pyramid adapter, a high-traction Evolve® custom climbing shoe, and a certificate for a free, matching, custom climbing shoe of appropriate size for the unilateral climber.

Designed and tested by nationally recognized and experienced transtibial rock climbers, the Z-Axis was used in competition at the 2008 Extremity Games®.

Weighing only 25 oz. with a high-strength keel and polyurethane structural body, the Z-Axis provides superior control, loading, leverage, and "feel" on the rock.

TRS
800.279.1865
www.oandp.com/trs

ShearBan for Friction Relief

ShearBan® prevents painful rubbing, providing targeted friction relief without losing or changing the support of a properly contoured device.

Simply cut a patch from the 9-in. x 12-in. sheet and apply to troublesome locations on footwear or an orthotic/prosthetic device. The low-friction surface dramatically improves user comfort, while the durable adhesive ensures long-lasting and cost-effective results.

Tamarack products are available through Becker Orthopedic. For a list of distributor affiliates, visit www.beckerorthopedic.com

Tamarack Habilitation Technologies
866.795.0057
www.tamarackhti.com

New Vacuum Valve from Velocity Labs

The Velocity Expulsion Valve now includes a vacuum-hookup valve. The new Vacuum Valve housing fits into the existing VMP-007 mounting plate, allowing a vacuum tube to connect to the socket through a 3/8-in. spacer plate mounted under the socket, creating a safety valve for any high-vacuum socket system. If the vacuum system fails, the socket still works as an expulsion system.

• Large duckbill for quick air expulsion.
• Seals directly against the lamination.
• Inserts into Velocity four-hole adapter plate.
• Inexpensive replaceable duckbill.
• Available in kits or individual parts.

Velocity Labs
407.841.6335
www.velocity-labs.com

New From Friddle’s VAC-MAX

Friddles continues to change the industry with its latest introduction to the orthotic and pedorthic equipment market. The Friddle VAC-MAX 24-in. x 24-in. vacuum press(table) is the largest vacuum press(table) available in the industry. With a useable work space of 22 in. x 22 in., you will have plenty of room to vacuum press more foot orthotics at once, leaving you much more time to devote to your patients. Couple that with our 700-065 ¾-horsepower vacuum system, and you will have a pedorthic lab envied by all.

Friddles Orthopedic Appliances
800.528.9339
www.friddles.com

Becker Oregon offers the BRAE Orthosis

The BRAE Orthosis manages forearm-rotation contractures using a static, progressive stretching protocol. The orthosis treats forearm contractures caused by upper-extremity fractures and injuries. Forearm rotation is adjusted by means of a dual-offset channel with a patented overlapping, adjustable rotation component.

Benefits:

• Maintains post-surgical forearm rotation positioning.
• Decreases substitution that can result from misalignment of the mechanical to anatomical axis for forearm rotation.
• Maintains static progression of infinite positions in both supination and pronation.
• Controls forearm rotation position while allowing free motion in the sagittal plane.

Becker Oregon
800.866.7522
www.beckerorthopedic.com

TRS Presents Little Feet in Four Sizes

Little Feet are now available in four sizes (10cm - 13cm) in three pleasing colors that will compliment most skin pigments. These lifelike, infant-sized pediatric feet are the most realistic infant feet available anywhere. They feature flexible toes and unique energy dynamics, with a simple core and polyurethane matrix design and construction. They have a bolt-on SACH-type attachment with a cosmetic and functional heel plug for "barefoot" activities. Competitively priced. Ideal for crawling, toddling, and walking. Their core can be easily excavated to fit longer length limbs.

TRS Inc.
800.279.1865
www.oandp.com/trs

Thermal Plastic Welding Kit

The kit comes complete with locking regulator and gauge, ¼-in. NPT air inlet, 12-ft. air hose, 6-ft. electrical cord, one tack-welding tip, and, most importantly, one speed-welding tip.

The speed-welding tip precisely aligns the welding rods with the heat source at the point of weld. This tip allows you build up in areas where reinforcement is necessary.

Fill cracks and give strength to any thermoplastic welding project. Assorted welding rods included.

• Repair cracks in thermoplastic orthotic and prosthetic components.
• Apply welds where reinforcement is necessary.

The Ortho Remedy Inc.
800.662.7993
www.orthoremedy.com

Medicare-Covered Slip-On Shoes

Orthofeet is introducing attractive womens depth shoes that offer the slip-on look with the comfort of adjustable-strap shoes. These innovative shoes feature two hook-and-loop straps and a wide opening, making them easy to put on and take off. If necessary, the middle strap can be replaced with a longer one to perfectly fit swollen feet or feet with a higher instep.

Additional comfort features:

• Soft, seamless fabric lining, padded with foam, provides excellent protection.
• Supple leather offers a relaxed fit and enhances comfort.
• Lightweight, cushioning sole with Ergonomic-Stride^TM design enhances stability and helps propel foot forward.

Orthofeet
800.524.2845
www.orthofeet.com

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BridgePoint Medical
859.260.8576
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Knit-Rite Offers the Ohio Willow Wood Fusion Foot

The Fusion Foot provides multiaxial movement during ambulation and delivers high levels of energy storage and return. Its integrated design allows the composite shank, heel, and footplate to work as a unit, rather than independently. The Fusion delivers vertical shock absorption, smooth heel-to-toe transition, and inversion/eversion. The Fusion allows for field adjustment of inversion/eversion, heels stiffness, and overall trim height. The Fusion comes standard with two interchangeable heel wedges that can be changed quickly during an office visit. The shank may also be trimmed with no drilling required.

Knit-Rite
800.821.3094