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Prosthesis-Held Kitchen Knife
The knife and its prosthesis-accommodating modifications and component parts are shown as described.

Iowa FaRM Program staffer Byron Hemingson developed a Prosthesis-Held Kitchen Knife for a Dorrance #7 terminal device. The modifications involved removing most of the knife handle, reducing the butt end of the tang to fit inside the diamond-shaped locator at the base of the prosthetic hook, then forming custom-fit grips on the shortened handle that allow the hook to hold the knife securely. To form the grip, Hemingson applied dental plastic to the knife handle, lubricated the hook to prevent the plastic from adhering to it, placed the knife into the hook to harden overnight, then removed the knife from the hook and smoothed the rough edges of the newly formed hook-fitting grip on the knife handle. The same procedure could be used to adapt a variety of tools.

Estimated Cost Cost range: See below

Limitations Limitations Addressed by Product: Upper extremity


SourceFarm Family Rehabilitation Management (FaRM) Program
Byron Hemingson
P.O. Box 4002
Des Moines, IA, 50333
Phone515-289-1933
Last updated: Jan 25, 2022


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