Update of the NEURO TRONIC Controller

Dear Readers,

In today's issue, we feature another improvement introduced by the update of the NEURO TRONIC controller. Find out below how your patients benefit greatly from an optimisation of the algorithm.

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Until Now: Unlocking of the NEURO TRONIC System Knee Joint with the Second Stride

In the past, the motion sensors of the NEURO TRONIC controller required a stride to register that the patient was shifting from standing to walking in Auto mode. This meant that the orthotically treated leg could only be flexed during the second stride. During the first stride, the orthotically treated leg remained extended in Auto mode. Until now, our recommendation was therefore that it is advisable or even required to initiate the first stride with the orthotically treated leg.

• Only if appropriate gait training had taken place beforehand did the patient not find it inconvenient to move the extended leg forward first.
• During the second stride, the system knee joint was unlocked in the swing phase and a knee flexion with the orthotically treated leg was possible.
• This was not available when treating both legs. In these cases, the first stride always had to be done with two legs extended.