Adjustable overlaying liner-prosthesis interface and corresponding method

A method for mounting a prosthesis to a residual limb of a user, the method comprising:

• providing an adjustable overlaying interface having:
• a sleeve, the sleeve being pullable on an outer surface of the liner, the sleeve being thereby adapted to be worn over the liner and at least partially inside a socket of the prosthesis;
• an inflatable bladder, the inflatable bladder being attached to or integrally formed with the sleeve;
• and a fluid-providing device, the fluid-providing device being fluidly connected to the inflatable bladder, the fluid-providing device being operative to inflate the inflatable bladder with a fluid;
• wherein variations in volume of the residual limb are compensatable by using the fluid-providing device to inflate and/or deflate the inflatable bladder;
• installing the adjustable overlaying interface over a liner donned over the residual limb of the user;
• at least partially inserting the residual limb wearing the liner and the adjustable overlaying interface within a socket of the prosthesis;
• and
• at least one of inflating and deflating the inflatable bladder of the adjustable overlay interface to compensate variations in volume of the residual limb.