Kahraman, Y. E., Madan, M., Sagbas, B., & Durakbasa, M. N. (2020). Parametric Design and Modeling of 3D Printed Prosthetic Finger. In M. N. Durakbasa & G. Gencyilmaz (Eds.), Digital Conversion on the Way to Industry 4.0 (pp. 80–90). Springer Nature Switzerland AG. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-62784-3_7
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Book Title:
Digital Conversion on the Way to Industry 4.0
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Related Publication(s):
Digital Conversion on the Way to Industry 4.0
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Abstract:
Three dimensional (3D) printed prostheses have emerging trends in recent years. They become popular with their cost-effective and easy to build structures which provided by the developments of the additive manufacturing technology. By these advancements, many open-source prosthetic hand models started to appear in the market. However, some of them are not suitable for all kinds of patients yet. So, a good deal of designs has failed to meet all of the user´s physical needs which might cause the device not being used by the patients. In this paper, it is tried to do a parametric design and produce a mechanical prosthesis with a simple mechanical design that can be adapted easily to each patient. For this purpose, the information about a planar four-link mechanism, design, and analysis steps of the mechanism and how it can be improved in the future has been discussed.
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Keywords:
Prosthetic hand / Additive manufacturing / 3D production / Upper limb / Low-cost production
