 Our Process
With more than 25 years of practical and
technical
experience, Vital Prosthetics has encountered the entire range of
prosthetic applications. Rest assured, when you visit Vital Prosthetics,
you will be treated with the utmost care, respect, and dignity. It is
our goal to bring back the full range of daily activity you require with
the best solution possible.
Initial Visit
Your initial consultation begins with the
prescription from your health provider. After reviewing it with you,
Vital Prosthetics will find out Medical history, current medications and
current medical conditions, and develop with you your prescription
criteria. Vital Prosthetics consults with your physician, physical
therapist, occupational therapist—even family—in a rehabilitation
atmosphere.
 Once you're comfortable in one of our
private consultation rooms, we'll discuss your goals and expectations,
what you want to achieve and what comfort level you have.
Compression
therapy
Once the limb has healed, Vital Prosthetics evaluates the
residual limb and designs therapy to prepare the tissue to accept the
prosthesis. Compression therapy is necessary to prepare the tissue of
the residual limb to perform a new role, that of bearing the weight of
the body naturally in the prosthetic device. Depending on the health of
the patient and other variables, this can take from four to six weeks.
Vital Prosthetics performs and evaluates the progress of all therapeutic
compression regimens.
 Socket Interface
Once compression therapy is successful, Vital Prosthetics reviews which
socket interface is most appropriate for the patient to reach their
goals. This decision takes into account any patient skin allergies or
other medical conditions.
Initial
Interface Impression
Vital Prosthetics places a soft socket interface against the limb and
take a plaster impression to create a negative mold. This mold is used
to begin the design process.
Computer Aided
Design
Using state-of-the-art computer aided design, detailed circumferential
and dimensional measurements to digitize the inside of the socket. A
three dimensional volumetric design, including the saggital, transverse,
coronal planes creates positive socket.
 Hand
Modifications
From the positive model, Vital Prosthetics can then custom craft a
socket that will allow the residual limb to accept weight tolerant areas
and relieve non weight tolerant areas.
Socket Design Testing
The positive model allows the creation of the negative diagnostic mold
for the static and dynamic alignment testing to see if the correct
biomechanical and kinetic range of motion is achieved. From the dynamic
alignment, Vital Prosthetics fabricates the final prosthesis.
Through this process, Vital Prosthetics
can then create a fully functional, natural looking prosthesis that
matches the patient’s body in shape, pigment, and feature.
 Follow-up
Practice
Vital Prosthetics gives its patient’s written instructions containing a
wearing schedule for use following the final fitting. Should the patient
develop an irritation, swelling, or other discomfort, Vital Prosthetics
should be notified for an immediate consultation to review the patient’s
problem, usually within the first 24 hours.
First time prosthetic users are then
scheduled for follow-up evaluations at two, four, six and eight weeks.
For long time prosthetic patients, a more relaxed schedule is possible
because of the patient’s experience level.
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