Wonderful W-ULSC

The W-ULSC belongs in prosthetic and orthotic workshops, limb-fitting centres and upper limb rehabilitation services that fit myoelectric and smart hands. Two groups use it: the prosthetists and technicians who make and fit the socket, and the person with upper limb loss who wears it every day.

The fitting workflow begins with the wearer's arm. A prosthetist assesses the residual limb, and the socket is formed in resin and carbon fibre to follow its shape and condition. The build then turns towards the hand: as a myoelectric hand socket it holds a hand driven by muscle signals from the limb, and as a smart hand socket it carries a smart hand. Because every step answers to the same arm, the team moves from assessment to a fitted hand without starting again for the second stage.

Workshops that want to own the whole sequence can take the one-on-one training Wonderful offers in the socket technique. A technician who learns the method in a single-trainer session can repeat it for each new wearer, so the unit keeps socket making alongside its fitting work.

For the wearer, a socket made around their own arm is the point where the prosthesis meets the body. Rehabilitation sessions with an occupational therapist then concentrate on using the hand: reaching for a cup, holding a letter flat, steadying a jar lid during a two-handed task.

Review appointments follow the same logic. When the condition of a residual limb changes over months of wear, a fresh W-ULSC can be made around the arm as it now is. The fitting team repeats the same sequence it learned, starting again from the arm.

Built around one residual limb

Each socket is customised to the condition of the limb it serves. The hand is therefore mounted on a base that already follows the wearer's arm when the first fitting starts.

Two hand roles from one socket method

A W-ULSC can be prepared as a myoelectric hand socket or as a smart hand socket. A fitting team can use the same making process for wearers heading towards either kind of hand.

The technique taught one-on-one

Wonderful offers training in the socket method with one trainer and one learner. Close teaching of that kind lets a prosthetist ask about each stage while working through it.

A workflow kept inside one team

Once the method is learned, assessment, socket making and hand fitting can all happen in the same workshop. The wearer stays with one group of clinicians from the first look at the limb to the working arm.

A hard shell from resin and carbon fibre

The two materials cure into a firm socket wall that holds the shape formed around the arm. That shape stays in place through daily putting on, taking off and use of the hand.

Remaking that follows the limb

Because each socket is made to order, a new one can be formed when the residual limb changes. The wearer then receives a socket that matches the arm as it is now.

Clear for rehabilitation to build on

With the socket fitted to the individual arm, occupational therapy time can go on hand use. Early sessions centre on grasp, release and two-handed tasks.

One line on a parts list

The item number W-ULSC covers the made-to-order socket for either hand role. Workshop records stay simple even though every socket is different.

Customised to the residual limb

The socket is made according to the condition of the wearer's upper limb residual limb. Its form follows that one arm.

Myoelectric hand socket role

Made in this role, the W-ULSC holds a myoelectric hand, the kind that opens and closes in answer to muscle signals from the residual limb.

Smart hand socket role

Prepared as a smart hand socket, it becomes the mounting for a smart hand on the wearer's arm.

Resin construction

Resin binds the socket wall and sets it hard once the shape is formed around the limb.

Carbon fibre construction

Carbon fibre runs through the resin as the second material of the shell, giving the socket a stiff wall.

Made to order for each wearer

No two W-ULSC sockets share a shape. Each is formed for the person who will wear it, so a second wearer receives a socket of their own.

One-on-one technique training

Wonderful offers one-on-one training in the technique of making the socket. One trainer works with one learner through the method.

Transferable workshop method

Once learned, the technique stays with the workshop. A trained prosthetist applies it to each new residual limb that comes through the fitting room.

Hand chosen per build

The socket is prepared for the hand selected for each wearer, myoelectric or smart, as part of the same build.

Upper limb scope

Wonderful names the W-ULSC for the upper limb, matching it to arm prostheses that end in a powered hand.

Item number W-ULSC

The code W-ULSC identifies the socket on orders, build records and fitting notes.

Product name on record

Upper limb socket customization is the name Wonderful gives the product. It describes the job plainly: a socket made for one arm.

Formed shell for daily wear

Resin and carbon fibre hold the socket's formed shape through repeated donning and doffing, so the fit made around the limb carries into everyday use.

The W-ULSC suits limb-fitting teams who mount myoelectric or smart hands and want each one carried on a socket made around the individual residual limb. Its case rests on the workflow it creates. The socket starts from the wearer's arm, takes either hand role and can be remade when the limb changes, while Wonderful's one-on-one training lets a workshop learn the technique and keep socket making next to its fitting work. For a unit building powered upper limb prostheses, that combination of a made-to-order socket and a method taught directly is what earns it a place. Each W-ULSC is formed in resin and carbon fibre for one wearer.