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Impact
Impact
If our design was refined and created into an actual product, these are the different impacts what it would have on the lives of amputees:
Increase prosthetic usage in the 12.7 million people who people who rejected their current device
Reduce incidence of re-amputation, potentially preventing 11.5 million re-amputations
Help 15.4 million of people experiencing extreme skin irritation
Aid individuals with poor proprioception, helping them regain confidence and improve overall limb health
Decreasing cost of prosthetic by 50% through 3D printing prosthetic
Future Directions
Future Directions
Bladders
Bladders
Redesign curved bladders for uniform inflation
Create defined process for chemical smoothing
Insert
Insert
Print out of a better material
Refine depth for bladder holders
Integration between insert and outer shell
Electronics
Electronics
Waterproof design
Miniaturize design - smaller board, solenoids, and motors to reduce weight
Soundproof pumps - to make the prosthetic as close to silent
Testing
Testing
Socket weight test - ensuring that prosthetic can support human weight
Human testing
App
App
Make the app more user friendly
Better way to calibrate to patient
When fully expanded the bladder does not have a uniform surface and bulges out like shown
When fully expanded the bladder does not have a uniform surface and bulges out like shown
The gap between insert and outer shell should be refined so that it can provide a water tight seal
The gap between insert and outer shell should be refined so that it can provide a water tight seal
Made by: Anton Gerasimov and Jay Chok
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