A STUDY ON PARAMETRIC DESIGN OF LINE TENDON BASED PROSTHETIC FINGER USING PROGRAMMING TECHNIQUES

Florin - Felix Raduica; Ionel SIMION; Elena Ionita

Authors

Florin - Felix Raduica University POLITEHNICA of Bucharest
Ionel SIMION University POLITEHNICA of Bucharest
Elena Ionita University POLITEHNICA of Bucharest

Keywords:

prosthetic finger, line tendon design, custom prosthetic,, parametric design, upper limb prosthetic

Abstract

In this paper we discuss the process of geometric modelling of a prosthetic finger using programming techniques. Along the design process OpenSCAD is used to model a prosthetic, one degree of freedom finger. As this is a prosthetic device, the ease of customization is taken into consideration. The type of prosthetic considered is a tendon design with flexible and rigid lines. First, we discuss the medical considerations that are needed to develop the model. Second, we discuss the assembly and function of the generated shape. The result is a downloadable geometric model of the finger assembly and the methodology used to generate the design.

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