Method of making a prosthetic component and component made according to the method.

摘要

A method of making a prosthetic component comprising one part which acts as a bearing liner (1) and another part which is a support or stiffener (2) for said liner, and which includes making one of the parts in a synthetic plastics material, using said first made part as a former to mould the other part from a different synthetic plastics material onto or into it, and arranging for the different synthetic plastics materials to bond together on moulding and/or to provide the former with means for keying the moulded part to it when moulding is completed.