日本福祉工学会誌 論文 概要
日本福祉工学会誌 Vol. 4, No. 1, pp. 31-35 (2002) |
ラピッドプロトタイピングによる義肢ソケットの直接造形
萩原 茂，河西伸一，石田正文，清水誠司，木島一広，大柴勝彦
Direct Production for Prosthetic Sockets using Rapid Prototyping
Shigeru HAGIHARA, Shin'ichi KASAI, Masafumi ISHIDA, Seiji SHIMIZU,
Kazuhiro KIJIMA and Katsuhiko OSHIBA
In recent years the number of people having their legs amputated due
to traffic accidents or diabetes has been increasing. As a solution of
artificial limb supply, some CAD/CAM systems are beginning to be used
for creating parts of the artificial limb. But many sections of the
manufacturing process for the prosthetic industry have yet to be
automated. Then rapid prototyping technology may be an appropriate
means for producing prosthetic sockets.
In this paper, the ability of laser lithography technology to make
prosthetic sockets was tested. The details of the experiments are as
follows:
- Construction of the production system for prosthetic sockets,
- Material testing(tensile strength, bending strength, impact test),
- Environmental test(humidity test, solar radiation test),
- Structural load test(repeated load test, breaking test, wear test),
- Allergic reaction test.
Experimental results suggested the possibility of practical use of
this system.
Key words: Rapid Prototyping, Artificial Limb, CAD/CAM
日本福祉工学会 : The Japan Society for Welfare Engineering