Selecting A Mode; Connecting The System Ankle Joint; Neuro Vario-Spring System Ankle Joint; Neuro Vario-Swing, Neuro Swing And Neuro Swing 2 System Ankle Joint - FIOR & GENTZ NEURO MATIC Manual De Instrucciones

9. Selecting a Mode

At the system joint, there is a lever and the three marked letters F, A
and L. F stands for Free mode, A stands for Auto mode and L stands for
Lock mode (fig. 21). You can select the available modes Auto, Free and
Lock with the lever.
Switching the Mode Explanation
from Auto mode into
Lock mode
from Lock mode into
Auto mode
from Auto mode into
Free mode
from Free mode into
Auto mode
from Lock mode into
Free mode

10. Connecting the System Ankle Joint

The NEURO MATIC system knee joint only works properly when it is connected to a system
ankle joint. The mechanical connection to the system ankle joint controls the automatically
locking system knee joint during the different gait phases (also see paragraph 11.1).

10.1 NEURO VARIO-SPRING System Ankle Joint

The NEURO MATIC system knee joint can be connected to the NEURO VARIO-SPRING
system ankle joint by using the corresponding adaptor screw (fig. 25) for the system ankle
joint.
10.2 NEURO VARIO-SWING, NEURO SWING and NEURO SWING 2
System Ankle Joint
The NEURO MATIC system knee joint can be connected to the NEURO VARIO-SWING,
NEURO SWING or NEURO SWING 2 system ankle joint by using the corresponding adap-
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The patient has to take load off the extended orthosis, i.e. not exert any
force on the orthosis.
The patient has to take load off the extended orthosis, i.e. not exert any
force on the orthosis.
The patient has to apply an extension moment to unlock the orthosis.
They can sit and manually press the knee backwards.
There is nothing special to consider.
First, the patient has to take the load off the orthosis in order to select
Auto mode. Then, they have to apply an extension moment to unlock
the orthosis and select Free mode.
fig. 22 fig. 23
fig. 21
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22 and 23
22 and 23
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fig. 24
fig. 25
fig. 26