Investigations on the Fatigue Behavior of 3D-Printed and Thermoformed Polylactic Acid Wrist-Hand Orthoses.

ABSTRACT: Additively manufactured wrist-hand orthoses (3DP-WHOs) offer several advantages over traditional splints and casts, but their development based on a patient's 3D scans currently requires advanced engineering skills, while also recording long manufacturing times as they are commonly built in a vertical position. A proposed alternative involves 3D printing the orthoses as a flat model base and then thermoforming them to fit the patient's forearm. This manufacturing approach is faster, cost-effective and allows easier integration of flexible sensors as an example. However, it is unknown whether these flat-shaped 3DP-WHOs offer similar mechanical resistance as the 3D-printed hand-shaped orthoses, with a lack of research in this area being revealed by the literature review. To evaluate the mech

SUBMITTER: Popescu D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10305231 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature