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Re: Help with printing prosthetic sockets
Posted: Sat May 02, 2015 11:31 am
by J.R. Spencer jr
They are not using 3d printing, but a carving cnc machine and making a foam replica of my stump. Btw the number I gave you is his business, SRT is the name of the company. Good luck any thing I can do? J.R.
Re: Help with printing prosthetic sockets
Posted: Sat May 02, 2015 8:21 pm
by Captain Starfish
A question.
If you're scanning for an accurate model of the stump, then carving or printing a female form to fit it, what's the advantage of the high tech approach over taking a female cast, making a male plug and drape forming (vacuum or even epoxy impregnated fibre mat) a cup over that? Is it time? How it mates to the rest of the prosthesis? Surface finish?
Re: Help with printing prosthetic sockets
Posted: Sun May 03, 2015 1:21 pm
by TFMike
Captain Starfish wrote:A question.
If you're scanning for an accurate model of the stump, then carving or printing a female form to fit it, what's the advantage of the high tech approach over taking a female cast, making a male plug and drape forming (vacuum or even epoxy impregnated fibre mat) a cup over that? Is it time? How it mates to the rest of the prosthesis? Surface finish?
i don't think they carve a female form of the stump but rather as close to a 1:1 copy of the stump as possible and then vacuum form plastic over that.
Re: Help with printing prosthetic sockets
Posted: Sun May 03, 2015 6:26 pm
by Captain Starfish
Ok, in which case why not take a plaster or similar female, mould a plug and drape form over the plug?
I'm all for the hi-tech, but just curious what advantage it offers in this application to offset the cost.