Rediseño de un Encaje para un Usuario con Amputación Transfemoral con el uso de Metodologías de Ingeniería Inversa


Rediseño de un Encaje para un Usuario con Amputación Transfemoral con el uso de Metodologías de Ingeniería Inversa
Published in:	Engineering for a Smarter Planet: Innovation, ITC, and Computational Tools for Sustainable Development: Proceedings of the 9th Latin American and Caribbean Conference for Engineering and Technology
Date of Conference:	August 3-5, 2011
Location of Conference:	Medellin, Colombia
Authors:	Diana Pamela Villa Juan Alejandro Garcia
Refereed Paper:	#285

Abstract
This Undergraduate Bachelor final project scopes to integrating Reverse Engineering (R.E.) and Computer Aided Ergonomic Design methodologies, in order to redesign a socket prototype for a user with above knee amputation by involving local available resources. It seeks to explore socket personalized manufacture processes and help amputated people improve their life quality by means of implementing design and engineering. Furthermore, it proposes an initial protocol, which might be used later in prosthetic design. It includes resources to promote the use of the technique, the comprehension of the socket design using CAD (Computer Aided Design) / CAM (Computer Aided Manufacturing) and the prosthetists training in increasing the accuracy of the socket adjustment and allowing to change the socket design before constructing it, among other features regarding the user's benefit. The results and recommendations encourage a future personalized standardization of socket´s manufacturing.