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IDS_Ireland_prosthetics_orthotics IDS Ireland offer this free resource for Healthcare Professionals who are encountering prostheses and or orthoses for the first time, or are only occasionally in contact with them. IDS_Ireland_prosthetics_orthotics_IDS Ireland offer this free resource for Healthcare Professionals who are encountering prostheses and or orthoses for the first time, or are only occasionally in contact with them. IDS_Ireland_prosthetics_orthotics_IDS Ireland offer this free resource for Healthcare Professionals who are encountering prostheses and or orthoses for the first time, or are only occasionally in contact with them. IDS_Ireland_prosthetics_orthotics_IDS Ireland offer this free resource for Healthcare Professionals who are encountering prostheses and or orthoses for the first time, or are only occasionally in contact with them.
IDS_Ireland_prosthetics_orthotics_IDS Ireland offer this free resource for Healthcare Professionals who are encountering prostheses and or orthoses for the first time, or are only occasionally in contact with them.

IDS ::: Prosthetic Cosmetic Covers

Cosmetic covers for prostheses

  • Exoskeletal prostheses generally use ‘flesh’ coloured pigmented laminates but virtually any colour of pigment or coloured fabric can be incorporated.
  • Endoskeletal prostheses generally feature soft foam covers machined to match the contralateral limb.
  • ‘Flesh’ coloured stockings or various grades of high definition silicone can be used as an outer layer on endoskeletal prostheses.
A range of Otto Bock preformed soft foam covers for endoskeletal transfemoral prostheses.
Examples of "flesh" coloured stockings to be worn over a soft foam cover.
A transtibial endoskeletal prosthesis with foam cover and stocking cosmetic.
Making a silicone cover
Examples of high definition silicone prostheses and covers.
Examples of high definition silicone prostheses and digits .
A home repair to an endoskeletal transtibial prosthesis with a rather poor cosmetic finish!

Use the links below to find out more information on 'Construction':

Endoskeletal ::: Exoskeletal ::: Conventional ::: Solely Cosmetic ::: Silicone ::: Cosmetic Covers

 IDS_Ireland_prosthetics_orthotics_IDS Ireland offer this free resource for Healthcare Professionals who are encountering prostheses and or orthoses for the first time, or are only occasionally in contact with them.
IDS_Ireland_prosthetics_orthotics_IDS Ireland offer this free resource for Healthcare Professionals who are encountering prostheses and or orthoses for the first time, or are only occasionally in contact with them. IDS_Ireland_prosthetics_orthotics_IDS Ireland offer this free resource for Healthcare Professionals who are encountering prostheses and or orthoses for the first time, or are only occasionally in contact with them. IDS_Ireland_prosthetics_orthotics_IDS Ireland offer this free resource for Healthcare Professionals who are encountering prostheses and or orthoses for the first time, or are only occasionally in contact with them. IDS_Ireland_prosthetics_orthotics_IDS Ireland offer this free resource for Healthcare Professionals who are encountering prostheses and or orthoses for the first time, or are only occasionally in contact with them.