The FSHP is used in prosthetic clinics, hand therapy services, plastic and reconstructive surgery departments and anaplastology practices that restore the appearance of a partial hand. Its users are people whose hand loss runs through the palm, after an accident, a crush injury or surgery, and people with a congenital partial hand difference.
Focused design defines how the FSHP is used. The clinician's task is to record the dimensions of the remaining hand accurately, because the covering is made to follow them: the dorsal surface, the edges of the palm and the line where the hand ends. Wonderful produces the half palm to that record, and at the fitting the silicone is placed over the residual hand and checked for how closely it lies along each contour. A covering that sits flat, with its edges blending into the skin, is the goal of every fitting.
That makes the FSHP suitable for a service that wants a dedicated product for partial hand coverings, ordered in one consistent way. It suits wearers who want the hand to look whole in daily life, at work, in conversation and in photographs, and who value a covering that sits close and stays discreet. A skin-like silicone surface completes the effect.
Typical uses include restoring the outline of the hand after an industrial or domestic injury, completing the hand after partial surgical removal, and providing a covering for people born with a partial hand. Replacements follow the same record when a covering reaches the end of its service. In every case, the FSHP is shaped around one person's remaining hand, contour by contour.
