Socket Comfort & Suspension

Alpha Max Liner

The latest addition to Alpha product range

Improved material and design for improved performance and comfort.The Alpha Max Liner has the same Alpha Mineral Oil based Gel with vitamin E but has a new custom one way stretch fabric which limits vertical pistoning movement.

Together these features will:
- Improve circumferential stretch.
- Improve durability and eliminate pistoning
- The new material is far more abrasion resistant and Gel Declamination is significantly reduced.
 
Alpha Liners for optimum comfort.
Alpha Max - Ordering Guidelines
Transtibial Liners - Style choice
Uniform
Contoured
Tapered

_New Socket design

Transtibial (BK) Patient
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Patient has a bony and/or conical shaped end (BK)
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Symes Patient
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Active Patient (BK)
After wearing the Alpha Max for sometime , patient experiences significant distal shrinkage (BK)
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Knee disarticulation patient
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Alpha Max - Ordering Guidelines

Transtibial Liners - Style choice

Size Guides
Please refer to the below charts for recommendations for fitting Alpha MAX Liners. The same recommendations are also shown in graph format. Below are limb circumferences measured directly on the skin at two points from the distal end that Alpha MAX Liners will fit.
Uniform & Contour
Tapered
Alpha MAX Liners
are available in
Uniform, Contour,
and Tapered gel
styles. Tapered is
offered in Medium,
Medium Plus and
Large sizes only.
Distal circumference
is measured on the skin 1.5" (4cm)
from distal end.

Proximal circumference
is measured on the skin
12" (30 cm) from
distal end.
Alpha MAX Locking Sizing Chart
Gel Style
Size
Distal Measurement
Proximal Measurement
Uniform
Small
6" (15 cm) - 9" (23 cm)
8" (20 cm) - 13" (33 cm)
Uniform/Contour/Tapered
Medium
7" (18 cm) - 12" (30 cm)
9" (23 cm) - 17" (43 cm)
Uniform/Contour/Tapered
Medium Plus
7" (18 cm) - 12" (30 cm)
12" (30 cm) - 22" (56 cm)
Uniform/Contour/Tapered
Large
9" (23 cm) - 14" (36 cm)
13" (33 cm) - 23" (58 cm)
Uniform
Large Plus
10" (25 cm) - 15" (38 cm)
16" (41 cm) - 25"(64 cm)
Uniform
Extra Large
12" (33 cm) - 16" (41 cm)
17" (43 cm) - 26" (66 cm)
Alpha MAX Cushion Sizing Chart
Gel Style
Size
Distal Measurement
Proximal Measurement
Uniform
Small
5" (13 cm) - 8" (20 cm)
9" (23 cm) - 12" (30 cm)
Uniform/Contour/Tapered
Medium
7" (18 cm) - 9" (23 cm)
10" (25 cm) - 13" (33 cm)
Uniform/Contour/Tapered
Medium Plus
8" (20 cm) - 12" (30 cm)
11" (28 cm) - 17" (43 cm)
Uniform/Contour/Tapered
Large
8" (20 cm) - 13" (33 cm)
12" (30 cm) - 20" (51 cm)
Uniform
Large Plus
11" (28 cm) - 16" (41 cm)
16" (41 cm) - 23" (58 cm)
Uniform
Extra Large
13" (33 cm) - 17" (43 cm)
17" (43 cm) - 25" (64 cm)