Description

The vacuum unit is designed to generate an elevated vacuum between the user’s liner and the socket to prevent pistoning movement and grip the residual limb firmly. To do this, there should be a sealed environment between user’s liner and the socket. Once the environment is sealed, which is compressed and released during normal walking, the vacuum unit draws air from the socket
through one-way valves and evacuates it through the pump. So the vacuum unit discharges the air in this sealed environment on every step the user takes. After multiple steps, 15 in.Hg ( around 0.5 bar ) is created in the sealed socket environment.

IB-ER Prosthetics is a family run machining and manufacturing company established in 1988 in Izmir, Turkey, producing high quality titanium and stainless steel prosthetic components with ISO13485:2012 and ISO9001:2008 quality management systems and CE safety standards. In addition to producing modular prosthetic components, IB-ER also produces carbon fiber feet with high energy returns and lightweight structures.