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5.3 Assembly instructions for BETA-Flex foot abduction orthosis
5. Assembly instructions
AS
SE
MB
LY
INS
TRU
CT
IONS
fo
r the
BE
TA F
le
x Br
ac
e
- f
or
O
rt
hopa
edi
c Te
chni
ci
ans
Cont
ents
1. A
LFA
-
Fl
ex
or CO
MF
O
O
T
Shoes
2. B
ET
A-
Fl
ex
Foot A
bduc
tio
n B
rac
e
3. A
llen
-k
ey
5
mm
4. Tor
x-
key
T
20 and T
10
5. 2 addi
tional
s
prin
gs
wi
th hi
gher r
es
is
tanc
e
6. 4 Loc
ki
ng pi
ns
(of whic
h 2
ar
e
repl
ac
em
ents
)
Imp
ortant i
nformati
on
:
Br
ac
e:
In
te
nded
for
a
m
ax
. t
he
rapy
per
io
d o
f 5
y
ear
s.
Li
fe
spa
n:
6
year
s
Shoes
: L
ifes
pan
8
yea
rs
Th
e y
ear
o
f m
anuf
ac
tur
e
can
be d
et
er
m
ined
by
the f
irs
t tw
o
figur
es
on the
b
at
ch
num
ber
Sto
ra
ge
: Pro
te
cte
d f
ro
m
fro
st
and d
irec
t s
unl
ight
, m
edi
um
h
um
idi
ty
Foo
t A
bd
uc
tio
n B
rac
e fo
r a
fter
-c
are of
idi
op
athi
c c
lub
fo
ot
as
p
art of t
he
P
ons
eti
T
herapy
.
Rec
om
m
en
ded
pe
riod
o
f tr
ea
tm
en
t:
from
re
mo
va
l of
th
e l
as
t pl
as
ter c
as
t to
the
c
hi
ld’
s
4
th
/
5
th
y
ea
r of a
ge
.
2
4
6
Ad
just
ing
th
e l
eng
th
:
Varia
bl
e l
engt
h ad
ju
stme
nt from 2
00 to
290
mm.
Uns
cr
ew 2 s
cr
ews
(T
orx
-k
ey
T
20).
Adj
us
t the
brac
e l
engt
h to
at
leas
t (!)
the
chi
ld
’s
s
hou
lder
-
wi
dth.
Re
-ti
ghte
n the
s
cr
ew
s
fir
ml
y.
Ad
just
men
t of
ang
les
:
Uns
cr
ew the
s
cr
ews
one quar
ter
tur
n
on the uppe
r s
ide of the
brac
e us
ing th
e A
llen
-k
ey
.
Turn the pl
ate g
radua
lly
outwa
rds
and
let i
t l
oc
k i
nto p
lac
e
at
the d
es
ired a
ngl
e-
degree (s
ee wi
ndow u
nder the s
hoe
suppo
rt pl
ate). P
ons
eti
rec
omm
ends
70
° for c
lubfo
ot, 4
0
° for
a he
al
thy
foot
.
Re
-ti
gh
ten
the
sc
rew
fi
rml
y.
Pu
ttin
g on
S
ho
es a
nd
Br
ac
e:
1. In
sert the foo
t i
nto t
he s
hoe
so tha
t the
hee
l i
s f
irml
y at
the b
ac
k and
on
the s
ol
e
- c
hec
k i
n the
hee
l wi
ndow.
2. Fi
rs
t c
los
e the
m
iddl
e s
tra
p ti
ghtl
y
(k
eep
s the
heel
in the
c
orr
ec
t pos
iti
on
). Cl
os
e the
othe
r s
traps
mo
re l
oos
el
y.
3. P
lac
e the
s
hoe
on th
e c
lic
k s
ys
tem
from abo
ve an
d s
lide th
e brac
e
bac
kwar
ds
in the
di
rec
tion
of th
e he
el
unti
l the
bol
t s
na
ps
into p
lac
e.
O
pen
the b
rac
e by
pul
ling
the b
ol
t
, pus
h the
brac
e as
fa
r as
it wi
ll go
in
the d
irec
tion o
f the
toes
an
d l
ift off
.
Sh
oes no
t suit
ab
le f
or
w
alking
!
Da
ng
er
o
f slipp
in
g!
1
3
5
TL 110
1-00
7 (engl
isc
h)
For i
nfants
with a
shoul
der-wi
dth of l
ess than
20 c
m, we offe
r the
extra
-light
BETA
-Fl
ex mi
ni.
The 8
.5 c
m long
base c
an be c
onnected t
o the
rotors
of the B
ETA
-Fl
ex B
rac
e.
Semeda
G
m
bH
A
m
P
ete
rsbe
rg
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