Wonderful 2F8-DFH

Early rehabilitation may call for length adjustment, where socket fit and gait are still settling and limb length is revised more than once.

Growing users are served by an adjustable unit, where a fixed cut length would need replacing repeatedly.

Users with repeated impact loading may be served by vertical shock absorption at heel strike.

Users who turn frequently may benefit from a torsion element reducing shear at the socket interface.

Builds with room beneath the socket can accommodate an assembly, which is taller than the tube it replaces.

Long residual limb and knee disarticulation fittings are generally ruled out by the build height such a unit occupies.

Services planning maintenance need the service interval and wearing parts established, since this is a mechanism rather than plain structure.

Capability in Space Already Used

The pylon position holds a length of tube doing one job, and an assembly adds function without disturbing the rest of the build.

Length Changed Without Cutting

Where the unit adjusts, limb length can be revised during rehabilitation without fitting a new tube.

Repeated Adjustment for Growing Users

An adjustable length avoids replacing a cut tube each time a user outgrows it.

Impact Taken Before the Socket

Where the unit absorbs shock, axial compression at heel strike reduces what passes up into the residual limb.

Shear Reduced When Turning

A torsion element allows a few degrees of rotation, easing the load the socket applies to soft tissue.

A Function the User Feels

Both damping and torsion are experienced rather than seen, which bears on how a user judges the limb.

Build Height Established Early

An assembly is taller than a tube, so the space available is confirmed before it is specified.

Service Requirements Known

Moving parts, seals and elastomers carry a maintenance schedule that a cut tube does not.

Connections Confirmed Both Ends

What the unit joins determines whether it drops into an existing build or requires changes around it.

Function Settled Before Order

An adjustable unit and a damping unit suit different users, so the category is established rather than assumed.

Supply and Documentation Arranged

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

Assembly for the Pylon Position

Fitted between the socket or knee and the foot in a modular limb.

Item Reference: 2F8-DFH

To be confirmed against the manufacturer's marking, noting that 2F8 also denotes a foot adapter in this range.

Manufacturer

Wonderful Rehabilitation, to be confirmed at quotation.

Function

Length adjustment, vertical shock absorption, torsion or a combination, confirmed at quotation.

Adjustment or Travel Range

Confirmed at quotation.

Locking or Setting Method

Confirmed at quotation.

Material and Finish

Anodised body with metal end sections, to be confirmed.

Build Height, Minimum and Maximum

Confirmed at quotation.

Maximum Body Weight

Confirmed at quotation.

Product Weight

Confirmed at quotation.

Proximal and Distal Connections

Pyramid, receiver or tube clamp at each end, confirmed at quotation.

Compatible Pylons and Adapters

Confirmed at quotation.

Tuning by the Prosthetist

Stiffness or damping selection confirmed at quotation.

Service Interval and Wearing Parts

Confirmed at quotation.

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.

Warranty Terms

Set by the seller at quotation.

The 2F8-DFH is an assembly fitted in the pylon position of a modular lower limb prosthesis. That position is the one part of a build with room to spare, holding a length of tube doing a single job, and manufacturers have long used the space to add capability without disturbing anything else. Two functions are commonly placed there and the photographed item is consistent with either. A telescoping unit with a locking collar allows limb length to be changed without cutting a new tube, which suits early rehabilitation where length is revised more than once and growing users for whom a fixed cut would need replacing. A vertical shock unit allows small axial compression at heel strike, taking the edge off impact that would otherwise pass into the socket and residual limb, often combined with a torsion element allowing a few degrees of rotation to reduce shear on soft tissue when the user turns. Both consume build height well beyond that of the tube they replace, which rules them out where space beneath the socket is short, and both are mechanisms with seals, elastomers or moving parts carrying a service interval. Selection and setting are the work of the prescribing prosthetist. Function, travel, rating, build height, connections and service requirements are provided by the seller at quotation alongside UKCA or CE documentation. Medigear.uk lists the assembly for UK business buyers and can arrange supply, documentation and the provision of consumables. Enquire for a written quotation.