Features
- Orfilight 2.5mm Micro Perforated Low-Temperature Thermoplastic Sheet Material is used for more supportive functional day or night splints for hands, forearms, fingers and thumbs
- Used for the fabrication of orthoses, for external immobilization devices and rehabilitation aids
- Lightweight base for all attachments
- Thumb post-splint
- Ideal splinting material to fabricate post-surgical orthoses
- Weighs 25 % to 30 % less than other materials
- Creates lightweight orthoses, even in case of very large equipment designs
- Excellent stretch, low elasticity
- Easy moulding of orthosis to anatomy
- Maximum stretch without tearing
- Easy to handle and perfect control of material during molding
- Allows to be stretched sufficiently in order to position the material correctly and hold it in place during fabrication
- Moderate memory
- Material is completely moldable
- Soft velvet surface touch and easy to trim edges
- Increased patient comfort
- Sticks easily to itself
- All attachments and outriggers can adhere with maximum ease
- Time-saving
- Avoids waste of material
- Resists fingerprints
- Presents a smooth, velvety finish for a very soothing feel
- Minimum rigidity
- Finished splint offers some flexibility for greater wearing comfort
- Circumferential splints and those designed with curves and folds provide greater rigidity
- Moderate drape
- Offers conformability for an intimate fit
- Only moderate pressure is required to contour is applied directly to the patient after it is activated
- Minimum to moderate resistance to stretch. Allows moderate handling throughout the molding process
- Allows three to five minutes to form and harden after softening in 150° F (66° C)
- Latex Free
