Mechanical design of affordable below-elbow prosthetic for kids
Semin, Nikolai (2022)
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2022052912856
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2022052912856
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Kids grow fast and often change of prosthetics is required. Modern prostheses with advanced control and power actuators cost a lot, while simpler versions are inconvenient with limited functionality.
The thesis work builds up a product development approach to develop a concept of an affordable below-elbow prosthesis for kids, using additive manufacturing. Understanding customer needs is an important part of product development that defines what should be done. Generating concepts using sketches and implementing the selected concept as a prototype helps to choose the most viable ideas.
The final concept provides new solutions on how to increase the agility of body-powered prosthetics alongside certain design challenges to be solved before using the concept for a real product.
The thesis work builds up a product development approach to develop a concept of an affordable below-elbow prosthesis for kids, using additive manufacturing. Understanding customer needs is an important part of product development that defines what should be done. Generating concepts using sketches and implementing the selected concept as a prototype helps to choose the most viable ideas.
The final concept provides new solutions on how to increase the agility of body-powered prosthetics alongside certain design challenges to be solved before using the concept for a real product.