Description
The Amparo Majicast is a direct-fit, hydrostatic weight-bearing casting system designed to capture the residual limb under full functional load, helping clinicians create a more accurate and consistent transtibial socket shape in a single session.
Instead of relying on traditional plaster casting, Majicast uses the patient’s own body weight together with evenly distributed hydrostatic pressure to support the residual limb during shape capture. This allows the clinician to capture the limb in a condition that more closely reflects how it behaves during real-world prosthetic use.
Key Features
- Hydrostatic weight-bearing shape capture
- Uses the patient’s body weight to support accurate shaping and load transfer
- Proprietary soft tissue control helps stabilise distal tissues during fitting
- Supports more consistent, pressure-balanced socket shapes
- Reduces variability associated with manual casting techniques
- Supports rapid progression from check socket to interim or definitive socket
- Designed specifically for Amparo remouldable sockets
- Eliminates the need for conventional plaster casting in the Amparo workflow
- Can reduce material waste through socket remoulding and targeted adjustments
- Supports digital workflows by allowing the captured socket or shape to be scanned for CAD/CAM and documentation
- Suitable for clinics, treatment rooms, mobile services and outreach programmes
Soft Tissue Control
One of the key elements of the Majicast system is its approach to distal soft tissue control.
Soft tissue can move or distort when the residual limb is loaded, which can affect the geometry captured during conventional casting. Majicast is designed to stabilise the distal tissues while the patient is weight bearing, helping the clinician create a more anatomically representative and pressure-balanced socket shape.
Faster Socket Fitting
The actual hydrostatic shape-capture stage typically takes around 2–3 minutes. Depending on the clinic workflow and prosthetic components being used, Amparo states that the pathway to a functional prosthetic device can potentially be completed in under 60 minutes.
This makes Majicast particularly valuable for clinics looking to:
- Reduce repeat appointments
- Shorten socket delivery times
- Improve workflow efficiency
- Standardise fitting between clinicians
- Provide same-day or single-visit prosthetic services
Designed for Mobile and Outreach Prosthetics
Majicast does not require electricity or plumbing during operation. It is filled with water from a standard tap and then functions as a closed hydrostatic system. This makes it suitable not only for established prosthetic clinics but also for mobile clinics, humanitarian programmes and prosthetic fitting camps where conventional workshop infrastructure may be limited.
Digital Workflow Integration
Majicast can also act as a bridge between direct-fit prosthetics and digital manufacturing.
Once the weight-bearing shape has been captured, the resulting socket or shape can be 3D scanned and converted into a digital model, supporting CAD/CAM design, documentation and future manufacturing workflows.
Technical Information
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Current application: Transtibial / below-knee fittings
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Casting time: Approximately 2–3 minutes
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Majicast weight when empty: Approx. 25 kg
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Weight when filled: Approx. 55 kg
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Maximum supported patient weight: 125 kg
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Power requirement: None
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Water requirement: Filled from a standard tap
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System type: Closed hydrostatic weight-bearing casting system
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Socket compatibility: Designed for Amparo sockets
A More Standardised Starting Point for Socket Fit
Majicast is designed to make the first stage of socket fabrication more repeatable, functional and efficient. By capturing the residual limb under weight-bearing conditions and combining this with soft tissue control, the system gives prosthetists a consistent starting point for creating a comfortable total-contact socket.
For clinics using the wider Amparo system, Majicast acts as the core capital equipment that supports rapid, remouldable and potentially single-visit transtibial socket fitting.
