Method of making a lower leg prostheses

A method of making a lower leg prosthesis, comprising a prosthesis socket, a prosthesis foot and a connecting member interconnecting said prosthesis socket and said prosthesis foot, said method comprising the steps of:

• (a) forming a temporary prosthesis socket having an inner shape substantially corresponding to the remaining lower leg stump of the amputee to which the prosthesis is to be attached,
• (b) forming a test prosthesis by fixing an adjustable position testing device to said temporary socket and connecting said testing device to said prosthesis foot through a temporary connecting member,
• (c) testing said test prosthesis on the patient and adjusting said testing device so as to obtain a proper individually adjusted alignment of said temporary socket in relation to said prothesis foot,
• (d) providing a prosthesis socket positive in the temporary socket of said test prosthesis and reproducibly fixing the assembly comprised of the socket positive, the temporary socket, the testing device and at least the temporary connnecting member in a support device,
• (e) removing the test prosthesis parts from said support device,
• (f) placing said connecting member adjacent said socket positive in the support device in the aligned relative position reproducibly set in the support device in step (d), and
• (g) forming said prosthesis socket on said socket positive while simultaneously securing said connecting member to the prosthesis socket in said aligned relationship thereby obtaining an individually aligned lower leg prosthesis.