Abstract
Additive Manufacturing (AM) techniques have attracted great interest in sectors with high benefit such as the Medtech. The AM of continuous fiber reinforced composite is a technology that, although still in its initial development, appears to be very promising. The AM process could be particularly interesting for the production of prosthetic devices for sports (ESAR devices such as foot or foil). In this work, is explored the potential of additive manufacturing in the field of prosthetics of the lower limb through an multidisciplinary approach, involving several competences from the clinical evaluation, integration of biomechanics, development of new composite and hybrid materials based on polymers, carbon fibres and metal inserts, and implementation of optical sensors with their integration in the composites for the continuous monitoring of prosthetic devices and their durability.
M. Kostovic and G. Rollo—Contributed equally to the manuscript.
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The authors are grateful to Centro Protesi INAIL for supporting this study through the PROFIL Project (FILamenti multimateriali per la realizzazione di PROtesi personalizzate ad alte prestazioni con focus su adaptive sport).
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Kostovic, M. et al. (2022). A Multidisciplinary Approach for the Designing and Realization of Customized High Performance Prostheses by Continuous Fiber Additive Manufacturing. In: Miesenberger, K., Kouroupetroglou, G., Mavrou, K., Manduchi, R., Covarrubias Rodriguez, M., Penáz, P. (eds) Computers Helping People with Special Needs. ICCHP-AAATE 2022. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 13342. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-08645-8_44
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