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12 March 2024 Additively manufactured pressure sensor for embedding in 3D-printed below-knee orthosis
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Proceedings Volume 12876, Laser 3D Manufacturing XI; 128760G (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2692220
Event: SPIE LASE, 2024, San Francisco, California, United States
Abstract
Additive manufacturing enables direct prototyping of complex 3D-objects that are difficult to manufacture using conventional methods. It is widely used to fabricate cost-efficient prototypes and portrays as a bridging technology to connect different scientific and industrial fields, e.g. Engineering, Medicine, etc. Consequently, additive manufacturing finds its applications in the production of patient-specific orthoses. This paper discusses the application of the stereolithography apparatus process to develop a pressure sensor based on an optical waveguide principle to embed into a below-knee orthosis. For Orthopaedic patients, the below-knee orthosis must be adjusted to the lower leg at regular intervals due to anthropometric changes in patient’s body to achieve proper mobility and correct load. Currently, this alteration relies on the patient’s estimation of support load and is only sub-optimal. Hence, the concept of developing an intelligent orthosis with a novel embedded optical system to monitor the exact support load at the neuralgic is proposed.
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(2024) Published by SPIE. Downloading of the abstract is permitted for personal use only.
Akshay Manoj Shahane, Abhijeet Shrotri, Christian Wittenbröker, and Oliver Stübbe "Additively manufactured pressure sensor for embedding in 3D-printed below-knee orthosis", Proc. SPIE 12876, Laser 3D Manufacturing XI, 128760G (12 March 2024); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2692220
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KEYWORDS
Sensors

Optics manufacturing

Additive manufacturing

Light emitting diodes

Manufacturing

Waveguides

Prototyping

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