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Wonderful 2F4-Cor

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Wonderful 2F4-Cor

Product Code: OTAP-PLAC-3186

A part of the limb the user gets to choose.

Almost every decision in a prosthesis is made on clinical grounds by someone else. The colour of the pylon is one of the few that belongs to the person wearing it. Listed on Medigear.uk for UK business buyers.

Sections

Prosthetic Components & Adaptors

Categories

Orthopaedic, Trauma & Prosthetics

Condition

New

Origin

China

Seller Type

Certified Professional Seller

CE & ISO Certified

Global Shipping

Supplier: Medigear

Consider what a patient actually decides about their own prosthesis. The socket is shaped to their residual limb. The knee is selected on their activity level. The foot follows from that. The pylon diameter comes from their weight. Alignment is set by measurement and refined by observation. Each of these is a clinical judgement, correctly made by the prosthetist, and the user's role is largely to report how it feels.

That is appropriate for a device that has to carry them safely. It also means a person can reach the end of a fitting having chosen almost nothing about the thing they will wear every day.

Colour is where that changes. A finished pylon carries the same load, fits the same clamps and is cut the same way whichever colour it is, so the choice costs nothing clinically and is genuinely the user's to make. On an uncovered build the pylon is the largest visible component, running the full length between socket and foot, so it is also the choice that most affects how the finished limb reads.

Prosthetists report that this matters more than its triviality suggests, particularly for users early in rehabilitation who are still deciding how they feel about the limb. Being asked which colour they want is a small transfer of control at a point where a person has had very little, and it changes the tenor of a fitting appointment.

The palette on this reference runs to browns, purples, deep reds and pinks. That sits differently from a bright primary set, and the range as a whole appears to offer more than one grouping, which gives a user something to choose between rather than a single option to accept or decline.

None of which alters the specification. The pylon carries body weight between socket and foot, and what it carries depends on material, diameter and wall thickness together. Diameter must match every clamp and fitting in the build. The tube is cut at the bench for one patient, allowing for insertion depth at each end, with a square deburred face and a published minimum usable length. Cutting exposes the substrate at the cut end, which on a component chosen to be seen is worth addressing before the first one is cut.

This is a component supplied for fitting within a prosthesis by a qualified prosthetist, who measures the patient, cuts and finishes the tube and assembles it to the specified depths and torques. The manufacturer, material, diameter, rating, lengths and colour availability are provided by the seller at quotation, with UKCA or CE marking documentation, the declaration of conformity, instructions for use and warranty terms issued by the manufacturer or held by the seller.

Uncovered transtibial builds are where the pylon is the most visible component of the limb.

Users early in rehabilitation may benefit from a decision that is genuinely theirs to make.

Colour selection forms part of the fitting conversation rather than a catalogue afterthought.

Limb length is established by cutting the tube, as on any pylon.

Higher load builds are commonly specified on the larger diameter, which every fitting must match.

Cut ends that remain visible need addressing on a component chosen to be seen.

Clinics offering a colour chart need availability confirmed across the sizes they fit.

A Decision That Belongs to the User

Colour is one of the few choices in a prosthesis that is genuinely the wearer's rather than the clinician's.

No Clinical Cost to the Choice

The tube carries the same load and fits the same clamps whichever finish is selected.

The Largest Visible Component

On an uncovered build the pylon runs the full length of the limb and sets its character.

A Palette Rather Than One Option

Several finishes give a user something to choose between instead of accepting or declining.

Part of the Fitting Conversation

Offering the choice changes the tenor of an appointment where the user has otherwise decided little.

Structure Unchanged by Finish

Material, diameter and wall thickness determine what the tube carries, exactly as on a plain pylon.

Length Set to the Individual

The tube is cut so the assembled limb matches the contralateral side.

Insertion Allowed for in the Cut

Tube inside a clamp is not available as length, and accounting for it avoids a short limb.

Cut End Addressed

Whether the exposed end sits hidden in a clamp or needs a cap is settled before cutting.

Availability Confirmed Across Sizes

A colour chart is only useful if every colour can be supplied in the tube a build requires.

Supply and Documentation Arranged

Medigear.uk can arrange supply, documentation and the provision of consumables.

Structural Pylon With Coloured Finish

Carrying load between components and setting the distance between them.

Item Reference: 2F4-Cor

To be confirmed against the manufacturer's marking, including what the numeric denotes.

Manufacturer

Wonderful Rehabilitation, to be confirmed at quotation.

Colours in This Palette

Brown, purple, dark red and pink shown, with the full set confirmed at quotation.

Palette Availability

Whether colours are fixed per reference, confirmed at quotation.

Material

Confirmed at quotation.

Tube Diameter

Confirmed at quotation, with 30 mm and 34 mm both in common use.

Wall Thickness

Confirmed at quotation, as it determines rating alongside diameter and material.

Maximum Body Weight

Confirmed at quotation.

Supplied Lengths

Confirmed at quotation.

Minimum Usable Length

Confirmed at quotation.

Minimum Insertion Depth

Confirmed at quotation for the clamps used at each end.

Cut End Treatment

Confirmed at quotation.

Finish Durability

Confirmed at quotation for a component selected to be visible.

Compatible Clamps and Adapters

Confirmed at quotation, matched to tube diameter.

UKCA or CE Marking and Declaration of Conformity

Issued by the manufacturer and requested from the seller at quotation.

Instructions for Use

Provided by the seller at quotation, and required before fitting.

The 2F4-Cor is a structural pylon supplied in a coloured finish, and its interest lies in who gets to choose it. Almost everything about a prosthesis is decided on clinical grounds by someone other than the wearer: the socket is shaped to the residual limb, the knee selected on activity, the foot on the knee, the pylon diameter on weight, and alignment set by measurement and observation. That is correct for a device that must carry someone safely, and it also means a person can finish a fitting having chosen almost nothing about what they will wear every day. Colour is where that changes, because a finished pylon carries the same load, fits the same clamps and is cut the same way whichever colour it is, so the choice costs nothing clinically and belongs to the user. On an uncovered build it is also the largest visible component, running the full length between socket and foot. None of it alters the specification, which depends on material, diameter and wall thickness, nor the bench work of cutting to length with allowance for insertion at each end. Cutting and fitting are the work of the prescribing prosthetist. Material, diameter, rating, lengths and colour availability are provided by the seller at quotation alongside UKCA or CE documentation. Medigear.uk lists the pylon for UK business buyers and can arrange supply, documentation and the provision of consumables. Enquire for a written quotation.

FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

Everything buyers need to know about sourcing medical equipment through MediGear.

It is a structural pylon for a modular lower limb prosthesis, supplied in a coloured finish. The specification is confirmed at quotation.

Brown, purple, dark red and pink are shown, with the full set confirmed at quotation.

Confirmed at quotation. Three distinct palettes appear across this range, so whether colour is fixed per reference needs establishing.

Because a clinic offering a colour chart needs to know every colour can be supplied in the tube the build structurally requires.

No. The tube carries the same load, fits the same clamps and is cut the same way whichever finish it has.

Because almost everything else in a prosthesis is decided on clinical grounds, and this is one decision that genuinely belongs to the user.

On an uncovered build it is the largest visible component, running the full length between socket and foot.

Material, outside diameter and wall thickness together, all confirmed at quotation.

The substrate is exposed at the cut end, so whether it sits hidden in a clamp or needs a cap is confirmed before cutting.

A pylon is knocked and scraped in ordinary use, so durability over a year is a fair question at selection.

A qualified prosthetist, who measures the patient, cuts and finishes the tube and assembles it to the specified depths and torques.