The individualization of patient-specific ankle joint orthoses is becoming increasingly important and can be ideally realized by means of additive manufacturing. However, currently, there are no functional additively manufactured fiber-reinforced products that are used in the field of orthopedic treatment. In this paper, an approach as to how additively manufactured orthopedic products can be designed and produced quickly and flexibly in the future is presented. This is demonstrated using the example of a solid ankle–foot orthosis. For this purpose, test results on PETG-CF15, which were determined in a previous work, were integrated into a material map for an FEA simulation. Therewith, the question can be answered as to whether production parameters that were determined at the test specimen level can also be adapted to real, usable components. Furthermore, gait recordings were used as loading conditions to obtain exact results for the final product. In order to perfectly adapt the design of the splint to the user, a 3D scan of a foot was performed to obtain a perfect design space for topology optimization. This resulted in a patient-specific and stiffness-optimized product. Subsequently, it was demonstrated that the orthosis could be manufactured using fused layer modelling. Finally, a comparison between the conventional design and the consideration of AM-specific properties was made. On this basis, it can be stated that the wearing comfort of the patient-specific design is very good, but the tightening of the splint still needs to be improved.
Materials, Free Full-Text
PDF) Alternative Grains as Potential Raw Material for Gluten-Free
Organic Cinema 4D Materials - Free Cinema 4D Texture
Materials, Free Full-Text
FULL BLEED: THE MATERIALS ISSUE - Renaissance Society of America
ArtStation - FREE textures - Apartment Buildings PBR Materials (4K
Tribology of carbon nanotubes - About Tribology
Structural models of three alkali metal-free materials obtained by
Materials, Free Full-Text, test brain 140
Materials, Free Full-Text
Materials, Free Full-Text
Products & Materials
Advanced Materials: Vol 34, No 1
Quantum computing that will transform material science - Materials
Gemo Plc Free Get File - Colaboratory