AvalonK2
AvalonK2 is a hydraulic ankle that has been designed specifically for the complex needs of limited community ambulators. Through a combination of award-winning hydraulic ankle technology and a unique optimized keel, Blatchford has created a prosthesis that works with the user to enhance confidence, independence, and safety.
Enhancing walking confidence by hydraulically adjusting to inclines and self-aligning to secure the knee joint, AvalonK2 encourages good posture and joint position. This improves stability, helps to prevent falls, and increases balanced limb loading to provide the best performance for limited community ambulators.
AvalonK2
AvalonK2 is a hydraulic ankle that has been designed specifically for the complex needs of limited community ambulators. Through a combination of award-winning hydraulic ankle technology and a unique optimized keel, Blatchford has created a prosthesis that works with the user to enhance confidence, independence, and safety.
Enhancing walking confidence by hydraulically adjusting to inclines and self-aligning to secure the knee joint, AvalonK2 encourages good posture and joint position. This improves stability, helps to prevent falls, and increases balanced limb loading to provide the best performance for limited community ambulators.
AvalonK2 Unique Design
The Avalon range enhances walking confidence by hydraulically adjusting to inclines and self-aligning to secure the knee joint, to encourage good posture and joint position. This improves stability, helps to prevent falls, and increases balanced limb loading to provide the best performance for limited community ambulators.
The main driving force behind advancing lower limb prosthetic technology in the 21st century is biomimetic design; reproducing the biomechanical performance of natural limbs. Inherent in this is recognizing that different demographics of the amputee population have different biomechanical requirements and that the engineering principles behind different devices must accommodate for this.
With over 130 years of innovation and expertise in lower limb prosthetic technology, our award-winning prosthetic products are designed with the patient in mind.
Key Features
- Hydraulic ankle technology is designed to replicate natural motion
- Optimized keel shape enhances walking stability
- Plantarflexion compliance when descending slopes
- Increased range of motion to enable greater sit-stand transfer safety
- Increased shock absorption, reduction in interface pressures
- Remains dorsiflexed for increased toe clearance in the swing phase
- Waterproof
- Sandal Toe Foot Shell
Range of Motion
AvalonK2 offers a range of motion of 6˚ plantar and 6˚ dorsiflexion with a single hydraulic adjustment function. This range of motion improves ground clearance when walking but also increases stability when sitting down or standing up, a particular benefit for the low activity K2 users.
Purpose Designed Keel
Limited community ambulators tend to walk more slowly, with shorter step and stride lengths. Providing a foot keel that is designed to accommodate natural changes in gait can provide a smoother rollover for such users. The optimized keel shape of the Avalon range considers such requirements and encourages a consistent, stable, and comfortable rollover so the user can walk more easily and move around confidently.
Hydraulic Ankle Technology
Hydraulic ankles help align the body interface with the ground interface, allowing for more natural movement and posture. By continuously adjusting to absorb energy, our hydraulic ankles allow for an efficient rollover, remaining in a dorsiflexed position, and increasing clearance to help reduce the risk of falls. This technology has been proven to provide a number of benefits to limited community ambulators optimizing posture and comfort.
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