Title
A parametric 3D-printed body-powered hand prosthesis based on the four-bar linkage mechanism
Date Issued
2018
Access level
restricted access
Resource Type
conference paper
Author(s)
Publisher(s)
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Abstract
The widespread of 3D-printing technology has resulted in the appearance of many open-source prosthetic hand models, especially for partial hand amputations. However, most of these designs are not editable and while some are parametric to some degree, customization for every user is limited to scaling the size of a base design. As consequence, most prostheses fail to closely match the user specific anthropometry and have poor aesthetics, which could result in abandonment of the device. Furthermore, achieving a high degree of customization could be a time-consuming task and requires previous knowledge of CAD design. This work presents a prosthetic hand easy to customize by changing parametric dimensions of the finger phalanges and palm on an Excel sheet. Additionally, the design tackles common issues from previous 3D-printed body-powered prosthetic hands by incorporating new features such as the use of linkages instead of cables as finger flexors and a new cable-adjusting system which requires no additional tools and makes the tensioning of finger tendons easier and quicker. © 2018 IEEE.
Start page
79
End page
85
Number
4
Language
English
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85060386825
Resource of which it is part
Proceedings - 2018 IEEE 18th International Conference on Bioinformatics and Bioengineering, BIBE 2018
ISBN of the container
9781538662168
Conference
18th IEEE International Conference on Bioinformatics and Bioengineering, BIBE 2018
Sponsor(s)
ACKNOWLEDGMENT This work was supported by Cienciactiva from Concytec, the National Council of Science, Technology and Innovation of Peru (Grants Number 149-2016 and 163-2017). The authors would like to thank Joe Faraguna and Booker Schelhaas, who contributed on the project as part of their MISTI internship program.
Sources of information:
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