General Information

Serial #

113

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

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Patents

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General Description

CERAMIC & SYNTHETIC MATERIALS; SOME METAL COMPONENT PARTS. FABRIC SOCKET LINER WITHIN FOAM SUPPORT.

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

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Lexicon

Group

Medical Technology

Category

Assistive technologies

Sub-Category

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Manufacturer

AKA

Bock

Country

United States of America

State/Province

Minnesota

City

Minneapolis

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

THIS LIMB USED EARLY 1970S TO 1993.

Canada

ARTIFICIAL LEG WORN BY DONOR'S FATHER, MR. WILFRED JOHN MCGUIRE (1908-1993). MR. MCGUIRE LOST HIS LEFT LEG IN A FARM ACCIDENT WHEN HE WAS 5 YEARS OLD. HE ACQUIRED HIS FIRST ARTIFICIAL LEG IN 1923 WHEN HE WAS 18 (SEE 980130); THIS LEG WAS PURCHASED FOR HIM BY HIS CHILDREN IN THE EARLY 1970S. (REF. 1)

Function

TO IMPROVE BALANCE, MOBILITY AND APPEARANCE OF WEARER.

Technical

EXAMPLE OF LOWER LEG PROSTHESIS TYPICAL OF THOSE MFD AND WORN IN THE 1970S. NEW SYNTHETIC MATERIALS COMBINED WITH DESIGN ADVANCES RESULTED IN A LIGHTER LIMB.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

" OTTO BOCK/ 26/ PEDILAN " & " 1 1 3 " stamped into underside (sole) of foot.

Missing

MISSING FITTINGS TO ATTACH LIMBTO USER'S LEG.

Finish

PALE PINK-BROWN ARTIFICIAL LEG & FOOT; WHITE FOAM SOCKET HAS FABRIC LINER FOR COMFORT & SUPPORT OF WEARER'S OWN LIMB, AND IS SECURED WITHIN LEG BY VELCRO STRAPS. DARKER PINK-RED SOLE ON FOOT COMPONENT.

Decoration

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