Custom Bivalve Hip
Built to each patient's measurements or cast, the Custom Bivalve Hip anchors to the sacrum to immobilize the lumbar spine in cases of lumbar instability and lumbosacral fusion. You can configure it with several hip joint types, materials, and accessories.
About this product.
You can order the brace custom-to-measurement or custom-to-cast. Cast orders can use a negative cast that OPTEC modifies or a cast you have already modified. The brace ships finished and complete, or unfinished for in-house completion. Depending on the design, it can restrict flexion/extension and rotation and provide lateral control.
The hip section takes several joint styles: flexion/extension joints, drop locks, and joints that allow abduction/adduction. The shell opens anterior over posterior or posterior over anterior. Its overlap can be smooth, stepped (butted), or tongued. The anterior can follow a flexion, neutral, or pendulous design, and the lordosis is custom fabricated for each patient.
Features
- Custom-to-measurement or custom-to-cast, finished and complete or unfinished
- Sacral anchoring for lumbar and lumbosacral immobilization
- Choice of hip joints and attachments, including drop locks and abduction/adduction options
- Custom-fabricated lordosis with flexion, neutral, or pendulous anterior designs
- Material options and hypoallergenic Aliplast liners in three thicknesses
- Full range of pads, straps, closure kits, and design options
Configuration options
| Category | Options |
|---|---|
| Fabrication | Custom-to-measurement; custom-to-cast (OPTEC-modified negative cast or pre-modified cast); finished & complete or unfinished |
| Bivalve opening | Anterior over posterior; posterior over anterior |
| Overlap | Smooth; step (butted); tongues |
| Anterior design | Flexion; neutral; pendulous |
| Lordosis | Custom fabricated |
| Materials | LDPE, MPE, Copolymer |
| Liner | Unlined, or hypoallergenic Aliplast in 1/8", 3/16", or 1/4" |
| Hip joints & attachments | Becker Drop Lock, TLC Joint |
| Accessories | Bivalve closure kit (straps, chafes, loops, Chicago screws); pectoral pad (PPK/PPX) with straps, chafes, loops & screws; sternal pad (SPK/SPX) with straps, chafes, loops & screws; shoulder or axilla straps with chafes, loops & Chicago screws; pneumatic lumbar bladder; polyethylene or foam tongues |
| Additional options | Designer pattern on brace and straps; modified negative cast; relief buildup; ventilation; waist pads |
Typical indications
- Lumbar management and immobilization
- Hip management and immobilization
- Pre-operative
- Post-operative
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