The water-resistant Orion3 is equipped with enhanced features, combining everything wearers love about this intelligent microprocessor knee with more advanced technology. Orion3 is designed with Blatchford’s patented Performance Response Technology (PRT).
This allows amputees to safely replicate natural limb movement across different terrains and speeds, for a superior walking experience. Stringent tests certify that Orion3 is fully water resistant to IP55 , meaning wearers can confidently take on outdoor activities come rain or shine.
Water-Resistant
After being rigorously tested and exposed to water jets from multiple directions, this microprocessor knee is internationally certified to IP-55.
This allows wearers to confidently go about their daily lives without feeling limited by the weather. From light drizzle to heavy showers, Orion3 is fully equipped to handle mother nature’s downpours, equipped with efficient drainage holes, water automatically drains from the device. This enhanced peace of mind will help wearers feel more confident when out and about, with exploring and adventure no longer off limits.
Enhanced Stability Performance
Enhanced Stability Performance (ESP) increases the user’s confidence and independence, reducing the risk of stumbles or falls and ensuring more balanced limb loading for greater long term health and protection.
ESP adapts hydraulic resistance in real time, providing optimal stance support whether walking in a crowded environment, on uneven terrain, slopes, steps and now also when standing. With situational awareness, Orion3 continuously monitors the user’s activity and responds accordingly for greater safety.
Controlled Stance Support
Supportive resistance throughout stance phase provides optimal stability for walking with greater safety and less effort on all-terrain.
Standing Support
Maximum resistance stabilises knee, on both flat and slopes, encouraging better posture and balanced loading to relieve pressure on sound limb and lower back.
Stumble Recovery
Stance resistance engages during swing phase extension to ensure knee stability should the user stumble.
Dynamic Slope & Stair Descent
The Orion now recognizes stair descent! A new algorithm has enabled the stairs pneumatic value to be selected even earlier, helping the limb to extend fully from the first step and making stairs descent easier and more predictable
Supported Sitting
Progressive hydraulic resistance ensures greater support and control to sit down with safety and confidence and more balanced loading across both limbs.
Natural Efficient Motion
An optional feature designed to provide a higher resistance to stance flexion when sudden deceleration occurs and causes the knee to be unstable. This provides the user with increased support resulting in more control and stability.
Optimal Stance Release
Orion3 releases high resistance just before the knee bends for optimal safety, easy knee flexion and reduced walking effort.
Adaptive Speed Control
By sensing changes in walking speed, Orion3 dynamically adapts pneumatic control in real time for a smooth, natural and energy efficient swing.
Terminal Swing Damping
Swing phase extension is damped in late swing to soften knee movement and prevent terminal swing impact.