semeda BETA Flex Brace User manual

ASSEMBLY INSTRUCTIONS for the BETA Flex Brace
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for Orthopaedic Technicians
Contents
1. ALFA-Flex or COMFOOT Shoes
2. BETA-Flex Foot Abduction Brace
3. Allen-key 5 mm
4. Torx-key T 20 and T 10
5. 2 additional springs with higher resistance
6. 4 Locking pins (of which 2 are replacements)
Important information:
Brace: Intended for a max. therapy period of 5 years. Lifespan: 6
years
Shoes: Lifespan 3.5 years
The year of manufacture can be determined by the first two figures
on the batch number
Storage: Protected from frost and direct sunlight, medium humidity
Foot Abduction Brace for after-care of idiopathic clubfoot as part of the Ponseti Therapy.
Recommended period of treatment: from removal of the last plaster cast to the child’s 4th / 5th year of age.
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Adjusting the length:
Variable length adjustment from 200 to 290 mm.
Unscrew 2 screws (Torx-key T 20).
Adjust the brace length to at least (!) the child’s shoulder-
width.
Re-tighten the screws firmly.
Adjustment of angles:
Unscrew the screws one quarter turn on the upper side of the
brace using the Allen-key.
Turn the plate gradually outwards and let it lock into place at
the desired angle-degree (see window under the shoe
support plate). Ponseti recommends 70 ° for clubfoot, 40 ° for
a healthy foot.
Re-tighten the screw firmly.
Putting on Shoes and Brace:
1. Insert the foot into the shoe so that the heel is firmly at the back and on
the sole - check in the heel window.
2. First close the middle strap tightly (keeps the
heel in the correct position). Close the other straps more loosely.
3. Place the shoe on the click system from above and slide the brace
backwards in the direction of the heel until the bolt snaps into place.
Open the brace by pulling the bolt, push the brace as far as it will go in
the direction of the toes and lift off.
Shoes not suitable for walking!
Danger of slipping
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For infants with a shoulder-width of less than 20 cm, we offer the extra-light BETA-Flex mini. The 8.5 cm long base can be connected to the
rotors of the BETA
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Flex Brace.
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Locking the BETA Flex Brace
Inserting the stronger springs
1. Loosen both screws that hold the
two halves of the rotor casing
together (Torx-key T 10).
2. Turn the brace and pull off the
casing half on the reverse side.
3. Insert the locking pin as far as it
will go into the hole in the inner
part of the rotor.
4. Close the rotor casing again. In
doing so, the locking pin catches
in the hole provided on the inner
side of the rotor casing.
5. Reconnect the two halves of the
rotor casing with the two screws.
6. Repeat the process with the other rotor casing.
1. Lubricate the new springs with spindle grease on the inside and outside.
2. Open the rotor casing according to points 1 and 2 in the instructions on the
left.
3. Remove the rotor casing from the brace base.
4. Remove the metal pin from
its position between the
arms of the spring. Then
remove the spring. This
loosens the inner part of the
rotor.
5. Insert the inner part of the rotor into the rotor case again and keep it fixed in
its position.
6. Insert the new spring so the lower spring arm is over metal pin 2, and the
upper spring arm is under metal pin 2.
7. Turn the spring into the correct position while keeping the tension and push it
onto the plastic dome of the rotor casing.
8. Insert metal pin 1 into the hole provided in the rotor casing between the
spring arms.
9. Replace the brace base in the rotor casing.
10. Close the rotor casing according to points 4 and 5 in
the instructions on the left.
11. Repeat the process with the other rotor casing.
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Inner Part of
the Rotor
Metal Pin 2 Rotor Casing
Spring Metal Pin 1
Upper
Arm Lower
Arm
Dome