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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 1998
Filed:
Oct. 29, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Aldo A Laghi, Clearwater, FL (US);
Donald R Fox, St. Petersburg, FL (US);
Assignee:
Alps South Corporation, St. Petersburg, FL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
623 36 ; 623 27 ; 623 33 ; 623 37 ;
Abstract
Elastomeric interface for prosthesis having two integral and inseparable sections separated by a line of demarcation where the hardness of the two sections is shown. The interface has a first soft section and a second hard section. The soft section makes contact with the skin. The hard section is located at the connection points to the prosthesis. The interface is made by injecting a first batch of soft elastomer into a mold, followed by the injection of a second batch of hard elastomer into the mold, onto the first-formed part, so that the materials of different hardness bond naturally to one another.