Unyq
Unyq leg socket
Unyq, a developer of customised medical wears, has launched a 3D printed prosthetic leg socket, available for order immediately.
The San Francisco-based company is among the many start-ups to be supported by the XponentialWorks network. Since it was founded in 2014, Unyq has built a team of 40 people across four locations in North America and Europe, and has implemented its own in-house fleet of 3D printing systems to develop customised wearables.
This prosthetic leg socket launch is set to be the first of several additions to the company’s Prosthetic Wear line by the end of 2021. Unyq’s portfolio is currently made up of prosthetic covers, to protect and enhance durability of the prosthetic, and spine wears for back support.
The prosthetic socket will be customised to the individual ordering the component, and doing away with much of the metal found in a traditional prostheses, promises to be lightweight. Attaching the protheses to the residual limb, the socket should enhance customer satisfaction, and with embedded sensors track the individual’s cardio activity, number of steps walked, calories burnt, and so on. With scan data stored, clinicians will be able to replicate the socket at the press of a button, reducing the number of visits required. The socket has also been ISO 10328 tested, a process that examines the structural strength of lower limb prosthetics.
With orders being taken immediately, and delivery of the product within three weeks, Unyq is to showcase the prosthetic leg socket at a number of trade shows, debuting it last week at The British Association of Prosthetics and Orthotists, before visits to Germany, the U.S., and Japan before the end of the year. By then, Unyq hopes to have secured partnerships with multiple clinics, and will be introducing more medical wear products within the next couple of years.
“We are thrilled to announce the launch of the Unyq Socket today,” commented Manuel Boza, Co-Founder and VP of Prosthetics at Unyq. “This is another step forward in being able to provide amputees with a total leg solution. A solution where it’s practically one component, rather than a 'mish mash' of different elements bolted together. We are working hard to further develop our Prosthetics Wear line, as well as the other exciting medical wearables in our pipeline, to continue to support our end users.”
