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Limbforge develops and tests 3D printing prosthesis elbow

Abstract: in the medical field, 3D printing technology can provide fast and preferential prostheses, which can allow doctors to provide patients with as natural appearance and feeling design as possible, and improve their lives

in the medical field, 3D printing technology can provide rapid and preferential prosthetic limbs, allowing doctors to provide patients with as natural appearance and feeling design as possible, and improve patients' lives

limbforge is a company dedicated to providing high-quality auxiliary devices. At present, the fixtures of the group (1) machines should be coated with anti rust oil for storage; The team is developing a 3D printed elbow prosthesis. To improve the latest design, limbforge visited patients in Haiti. Here, designer James Wang and the team collected patients' feedback on improving the elbow of the prosthesis

after receiving suggestions from Haitian patients, the team turned to the University of California, San Francisco for help. Mr. Wang communicated with prosthetic surgeons Richard Nguyen and Alex Hetherington to further improve the design. To ensure that the design is easy to assemble, functional and durable

only replace the sensor again

then, the designer can create an adjustment of elbow false speed gear. To open the cabinet door on the left of Z and the door limb of the reducer cover on the console, provide a more natural appearance and more functions. In addition, limbforge ensures that the interface between the elbow and the rest of the prosthetic limb is mechanical sound. And the final design is reversible, which means that the device can be maintained when the patient's body changes. By doing this, if the elbow is worn or broken and more harmonious, the clinic will not need to reprint the entire device

according to the feedback, the team began to engage in performance testing. They do this by building a cycle test bench. So far, limbforge claims that the elbow has experienced more than 20000 cycles on the test bench, which is estimated to be about months of use

next, limbforge hopes to shorten the cycle time, speed up the test process, and start the beta test. This means that the patient can use the complete device for the final test in a short time. At the same time, the team will start to provide a new arm that provides multiple degrees of freedom to help overcome the lack of internal and external rotation in the current mode