RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
A1 Štefanovič, Branko
A1 Breškovič, Tomáš
A1 Bednarčíková, Lucia
A1 Rusnáková, Svetlana
A1 Hudák, Radovan
A1 Živčák, </sup>Jozef
T1 Design of an Individual Cover for a Lower Limb Prosthesis
JF Acta Mechanica Slovaca
YR 2022
VO 26
IS 2
SP 6
OP 11
DO 10.21496/ams.2021.028
UL https://www.actamechanica.sk/artkey/ams-202202-0001.php
AB One of the modern trends in prosthetics and orthotics is the production of design covers for lower limb prostheses. Thanks to the advantages of CAD/CAM, there are no limits to the design of these covers. At present, there are companies that provide design covers produced by additive manufacturing, but their price is relatively high. In this work, the motivation and design procedure of an individual cover for a lower limb prosthesis for a specific user is discussed. The aim of this study is to propose a design methodology of an individual lower limb prosthesis cover using freely downloadable CAD software based on 3D scanning data, which will be produced by additive manufacturing technology.