[AMP-L] Digital Design and Manufacture of a Transtibial Prosthetic Interface

[Wayne Renardson]

via MIT Media:

This project developed a prosthetic interface design and 
manufacturing pipeline that uses a novel computational algorithm to 
create subject-specific transtibial liner and socket components that 
can be additively manufactured at low cost.  

The residual limb is imaged using a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) 
device, and the image set is segmented into a three-dimensional 
model. This approach is superior to other 3D-modeling prosthetic 
interface techniques as it is able to capture bone geometries and 
soft tissue depths of the residuum. A more accurate topology of the 
skin is captured using digital image correlation (DIC), and this mesh 
is used in replacement of the MRI skin. 

The rest of the story, with photo, here:

https://tinyurl.com/2n2h2r7x

Wayne R.