Pillet's Passive Function Aesthetic Upper-Limb Prostheses

    The passively functional upper-limb prosthesis, designed and developed by Dr. Jean Pillet of Paris, has become a major component of the comprehensive professional and social re-education program for patients with partial or total amputation of the hand or upper limb.
   
    This prosthesis may provide the answer to the psychological, social and functional needs of congenital or acquired amputees. The prosthesis renders operational a functional stump considered by the amputee too repulsive to expose by hiding it continually in a pocket. The prosthesis can be used passively to hold light objects due to its flexibility. And it allows digital manipulation by lengthening a finger stump. Other specialties include ears, fingers, hands and toes.

    For more information, contact: Pillet Hand Prostheses Ltd., 331 W. 57th St., 109, New York, NY 10019, (212) 307-0927, toll-free: (800) 331-HAND, fax: (212) 489-7808, e-mail: info@pillet.com or Web site: www.pillet.com.