PNEUMATIC CONNECTOR FOR PROSTHETIC SOCKET

摘要

Artificial limb comprising a prosthetic socket (130) with a sealed interior wherein a positive or negative pressure may be generated through a fitting fixed in a hole (136) of the socket', connected to a pressure source through a flexible tubing with a connector made of flexible material, the connector has a flange (206) formed at one end of an elongated tubular section (208), a airtight seal surface of said flange sealingly abutting one of the surfaces (138, 139) of the socket (130) around the hole (136), a tubular section (202, 204) having a lumen (210) extends through the hole (136) from the seal surface of the flange (206).