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A 3D-printed prosthetic hand with modular reconfigurable fingers
A 3D-printed prosthetic hand with modular reconfigurable fingers
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2019
Authors
Mio R.
Bustamante M.
Salazar G.
Elias D.A.
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Springer Netherlands
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Partial hand and transradial amputations are among the most common levels of amputation. In the former case, a mechanical prosthesis is prescribed, while in the latter case either a mechanical or a myoelectric one are used depending on the patient’s preference and access to the technology. While a variety of prostheses designs are aimed to transradial amputees and plenty others are for partial hand amputations, like the 3D-printed open-source concepts that are activated by the user’s wrist, for a faster and more efficient treatment of hand amputations, one design should be adaptive for different levels of amputation without compromising the prosthesis performance. This work describes a powered prosthesis design with modular fingers and space constraints that allow it to be adapted to different levels of amputation. The prosthesis finger lengths could also be customized to user-specific anthropometry and, besides shafts, bolted connections and electronic components, the whole hand can be 3D printed.
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Space constraints,
Artificial limbs,
Myoelectrically controlled prosthetics,
Bolted connections,
Efficient treatment,
Electronic component,
Open sources,
Prosthesis design,
Prosthetic hands,
Reconfigurable,
3D printers