Beyond Microprocessor Feet: Understanding All Your Options to Improve Gait (Columbus)

Beyond Microprocessor Feet: Understanding All Your Options to Improve Gait

This course is designed for practitioners interested in learning about the latest microprocessor and powered foot technology for their lower limb patients. The course will review microprocessor feet, including the Empower, the Meridium, and the Triton Smart Ankle foot for the transtibial and transfemoral user. An overview of the features, benefits, alignment, programming and training that users need to optimize outcomes will be covered in this course. If available, there will be a live demonstration of the Empower foot.

Learning Objectives:

At the conclusion of the course the participants will be able to:

• Differentiate between the features and benefits provided by the Empower, Meridium, and Triton Smart Ankle MPF versus other MPF mechanisms.
• Describe the alignment procedures.
• Identify the critical steps in programming the feet.
• Perform the appropriate adjustments to each MPF for successful fitting.
• Instruct the patient and physical therapist on the basic training steps necessary for successful ambulation.

Presenter:

Byron Backus, CP

Byron Backus is a certified prosthetist with the American Board for Certification (ABC) who received his diploma as a prosthetic practitioner from Northeast Metro Technical College (now Century College) in 1990, after receiving a Bachelor of Arts in Biology and Chemistry in 1982. Byron worked at Shriners Hospital for Children from 1990 – 2003, until he joined Ottobock in 2003. His responsibilities at Ottobock include creating and teaching educational courses for practitioners as well as coordinating prosthetic Cooperative Care fittings, which involves working with customers and their patients to help achieve great outcomes for difficult or unusual fitting problems.

Credits:

• 4 (s) ABC CEUs
• *Category I credits will be granted to certified prosthetists, prosthetics assistants, and prosthetic technicians. Category II credits will be granted to those not identified.

Schedule:

• 4:00 PM - 4:30 AM - Sign-in
• 4:30 PM - ~8:30 PM - Microprocessor Feet Training, followed by a Q&A

Questions:

If you have any questions, please contact the Ottobock Education Team at US.Education@ottobock.com or call 800-328-4058 and ask to speak with the Education Team.