A New Proposed Method to Reverse Engineer a Residual Limb for Prosthetic Socket - Procedure, Advantages and Challenges

Abstract:

A prosthetic replaces any missing human body part visibly and also aims to resume the normal functionality of the part. Reverse engineering extracts information from a present model or available design and develops a new model using advanced CAD tools. Nowadays the reverse engineered part can be combined with rapid prototyping by various software and integration of CAD-CAM platforms. In this paper, a new method to reverse engineer the residual limb information for lower limb amputees, in order to use it for analyzing and developing a prosthetic socket by scanning and developing a CAD model is proposed. Along this are discussed, the advantages and challenges. This work falls in the emerging field of interdisciplinary engineering, combining medical and advanced mechanical engineering on a humanitarian platform

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volume 852)
• Pages: 558-563
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.852.558
• Online since: September 2016
• Authors: Divya Singh*, Richa Pandey
• Keywords: CAD, CAM, Cloud Point Data, Interdisciplinary Engineering, Prosthetic Socket, Residual Limb Scan, Reverse Engineering

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