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COBEM 2017
24th ABCM International Congress of Mechanical Engineering
Mechanical Design of a Low Cost Transhumeral Prosthesis
Submission Author:
João Luiz Vilar Dias , PE
Co-Authors:
Luis Arturo Gómez Malagón, João Luiz Vilar Dias
Presenter: João Luiz Vilar Dias
doi://10.26678/ABCM.COBEM2017.COB17-0599
Abstract
The treatment for amputees is the use of prosthesis. In the particular case of transhumeral amputees, the available prostheses in the market are generally expensive. For this reason, the design of low cost prosthetic devices is a challenge. Nowadays, the rapid prototyping using polymers is a low cost manufacturing process that can be used to prototype prosthetic devices. Here, the mechanical design of low cost transhumeral prosthesis is explored based on the published requirements in the literature. A functional prosthesis driven by motors was modeled using Autodesk Inventor and ADAMS/View software considering the fingers flexion and thumb rotation for the hand, flexion and rotation for the wrist and flexion for the elbow. The results shown a design of a mechanical device where the most quantity of parts can be manufactured using low cost 3D printers.
Keywords
prosthetic arm, Rapid Prototyping, transhumeral prosthesis
