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Title: |
Automatic Production Of
Patient Adapted Orthopaedic Braces Using 3D -Modelling Technology |
Authors: |
Paul
Steffen Kleppe, Webjoern Rekdalsbakken |
Published in: |
2020). ECMS 2020 Proceedings
Edited by: Mike Steglich, Christian Muller, Gaby
Neumann, Mathias Walther, European Council for Modeling and Simulation. DOI: http://doi.org/10.7148/2020 ISSN:
2522-2422 (ONLINE) ISSN:
2522-2414 (PRINT) ISSN:
2522-2430 (CD-ROM) ISBN: 978-3-937436-68-5 Communications of the ECMS , Volume 34, Issue 1, June 2020, United Kingdom |
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Paul Steffen Kleppe, Webjoern Rekdalsbakken (2020). Automatic Production Of Patient Adapted Orthopaedic Braces Using 3D -Modelling Technology, ECMS 2020 Proceedings Edited By: Mike Steglich, Christian Mueller, Gaby Neumann, Mathias Walther European Council for Modeling and Simulation. doi: 10.7148/2020-0161 |
DOI: |
https://doi.org/10.7148/2020-0161 |
Abstract: |
The research
group in biomechanics at NTNU Aalesund works in
close cooperation with the orthopaedic surgeons at Aalesund Hospital. One of the research activities has
been to develop an automatic procedure for producing individual patient
adapted orthopaedic braces for hand fractures. This
paper is a result of this cooperation. The work has so far resulted in the
design and 3D printing of individually adapted orthopaedic
braces for simple fractures in the hand and arm. However, much of the
production of these has been manual and time consuming. Now, a practical
procedure for producing such braces in the clinic is about to be realized.
This paper presents the development of the production procedure and testing
of the resulting braces. The results of this research are then discussed
regarding the challenges involved and benefits of introducing this procedure
into the orthopaedic clinic. |
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