Wonderful FCGS

Prosthetic and orthotic clinics that fit upper-limb wearers of many builds are the natural setting for the FCGS. Their caseload rarely sits at one hand size: an adult with a broad hand, a slighter adult and an adolescent may all arrive in the same week. Three standard sizes let one glove serve that spread, with L for the larger prosthetic hand, M for the middle of the range and S for the petite one.

Fitting appointments benefit directly. A prosthetist matching a cosmetic glove to a newly fitted hand chooses from sizes already on the shelf, and the wearer goes home with the glove on. Since the FCGS is ready to wear, the cosmetic finish of the prosthesis can be completed in the same visit as the hand fitting itself.

Rehabilitation teams working with new upper-limb users see a practical side to this. A wearer learning to use a prosthetic hand in daily tasks can do so with the cosmetic glove already in place, so practice takes place with the hand as it will look outside the clinic. For people who place weight on a natural appearance when out in public, at work or with family, the short silicone covering supports that from the first weeks.

Repeat supply follows the same pattern. Clinics keeping records of each wearer's size and version can reorder the FCGS by item number when a replacement is due, and the new glove arrives in the same cut and material as the one before. Services that hold small numbers of each size in both versions, with filed and without filed, can meet most wearers from stock and keep a wide population fitted from a single range.

One range across the size spread

Large, medium and small cover the prosthetic hands a typical clinic sees. A single item number answers wearers at both ends of the range and everyone between.

Fitted on the day

As a ready-to-wear standard product, the glove goes onto the prosthetic hand in the fitting appointment. The cosmetic finish is complete before the wearer leaves.

Petite hands served directly

Size S gives smaller prosthetic hands a glove of their own. Wearers at the petite end of the range receive a glove cut to that size.

Larger hands accounted for

Size L serves the bigger prosthetic hand. Wearers at that end of the range are fitted from the same standard range as everyone else.

Simple stock for a clinic

Three sizes in two versions make a short, predictable shelf. A clinic can keep each combination on hand and fit most wearers from it.

Like-for-like replacement

Reordering the same item number, size and version brings back the glove the wearer already knows. Cut and material carry over unchanged from one glove to the next.

Two versions in every size

With filed and without filed both run through L, M and S. Choosing the version never narrows the choice of size.

Silicone throughout the range

Every size and version is made of silicone. A clinic stocking the full range handles one material from the smallest glove to the largest.

Silicone construction

The whole glove is made of silicone, in each of its three sizes.

Cosmetic covering

Its role is cosmetic, giving a prosthetic hand a skin-like outer surface for everyday wear.

Short, wrist-length cut

Short describes the cut. The glove ends at the wrist after covering the palm and fingers.

Size L

The large size is made for bigger prosthetic hands.

Size M

Medium sits at the centre of the range and serves mid-sized prosthetic hands.

Size S

For petite prosthetic hands, the small size completes the set.

Standard, ready to wear

Gloves are made to set sizes and go on as supplied, with no individual mould or measurement behind them.

Version with filed

One of the two versions, named in the product name as with filed, comes in all three sizes.

Version without filed

The second version, named as without filed, is offered in the same L, M and S sizes.

Item number FCGS

A single item number carries the whole range of sizes and both versions.

Full product name

Wonderful names the glove "Cosmetic glove with/without filed Short".

Palm and finger coverage

Over the prosthetic hand, the glove covers the palm and the fingers up to the wrist.

The FCGS suits clinics whose upper-limb wearers span a wide range of hand sizes and who want each of them fitted with a cosmetic glove at the appointment itself. Its strength is population fit. Three standard sizes, large, medium and small, meet the bigger prosthetic hand, the mid-sized one and the petite one, and each is ready to wear as supplied. Silicone runs through every size, and the two versions, with filed and without filed, both follow the same size range. For a service that values a predictable shelf and like-for-like replacement, the deciding fact is simple: one item number, three ready sizes and one short silicone glove for each wearer.