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Custom Silicone

Custom Silicone

Custom Silicone

Product catalog summary
Overview
Steeper's Silicone Clinic in Kingston specializes in creating custom silicone cosmeses for prosthetic limbs and cosmetic restorations. These are tailored to individual needs, offering a realistic appearance with features like skin pigmentation, freckles, veins, hair, and tattoos.

Product Range
  • Individual fingers and toes
  • Partial feet
  • Lower limb covers
  • Partial hands
  • Upper limb covers
  • Custom liners
  • Cosmetic restorations

Fabrication Process
The process involves coloring the silicone before sculpting, allowing for a natural, translucent finish. The Spectromatch system is used for precise color matching, storing up to 22,000 colors.

Procedure Steps
  1. Photography: Capture digital images of the sound limb for color and detail reference.
  2. Cast and Casting Modifications: Create positive casts of both affected and sound sides for accurate fitting.
  3. Check Socket Manufacture: Ensure comfort and fit with a check socket fitting.
  4. Color Matching: Use the Spectromatch camera for accurate skin color matching.
  5. Charging and Calibration: Ensure the camera is charged and calibrated for accurate measurements.
  6. Measurement and Recording: Take and record color measurements using Spectromatch charts.
  7. Fabrication: Layer different silicone shades for a natural finish, ensuring a perfect fit with a check socket.

Contact Information
For further details or to place an order, contact the Silicone Clinic at [email protected] or visit www.steepergroup.com.
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Custom Silicone Cosmeses ^M Creating life’s turning points, together

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Custom Silicone from Steeper. At our Silicone Clinic in Kingston, we invest in devising the most natural coverings for both upper and lower limb prostheses, as well as cosmetic restorations and individual digits. Designed bespoke to individual requirements, our custom silicone cosmeses are sculpted in-house at our Silicone Clinic, and in close consultation with the patient. Each cosmesis we create is sculpted by hand to meet patients’ specific requirements and has a remarkably realistic appearance and feel. Skin pigmentation, freckles, veins, hair and even tattoos can be incorporated to ensure...

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Custom Silicone Cosmeses with Spectromatch Colour Matching Using Spectromatch, our unique electronic colour matching process, we deliver a near perfect match to an individual's skin shade. Our Spectromatch system stores up to 22,000 colours and offers a far superior colour matching process than traditional swatches. This system stores a large number of colours, and regardless of the lighting conditions, numerous measurements can be taken and accurate colour options recorded in a matter of minutes, providing excellent results on the finished product. Please see the following sections for the step-by-step guide...

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Step 3) Check socket manufacture We recommend a check socket fitting for all partial hand, partial feet and cosmetic restorations, to ensure comfort and suspension are both satisfactory. These clear silicone check sockets will automatically be sent within 7 to 10 days of receiving the casts. Step 4) Colour Matching A Spectromatch camera can be obtained from the Silicone Clinic. You may receive either of our simple to use cameras, along with the relevant instructions. Step 5) Charging Ensure that the camera has sufficient charge prior to the patient attending. The larger Minolta takes 4 x AA batteries...

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Silicone Clinic Unit 20, Kingsmill Business Park Chapel Mill Road Kingston, Surrey KT1 3GZ Tel: +44 (0) 870 850 8228 Email: [email protected] www.steepergroup.com STPPR011

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*Prices are pre-tax. They exclude delivery charges and customs duties and do not include additional charges for installation or activation options. Prices are indicative only and may vary by country, with changes to the cost of raw materials and exchange rates.