Polymeric biomaterials such as polylactic acid (PLA) play a prominent role in the
advancement of biomedical additive manufacturing (AM). PLA offers indeed a very …

Additive manufacturing (AM, also known as 3D printing) is an advanced manufacturing
technique that has enabled progress in the design and fabrication of customised or patient …

Background: According to the World Health Organization, only 5%–15% of people in lower-
income countries have access to prostheses. This is largely due to low availability of …

There are many prostheses focused on people with an amputation below the elbow. There
is also limited information for its development and construction, many studies provide …

Purpose Medical devices are undergoing rapid changes because of the increasing
affordability of advanced technologies like additive manufacturing (AM) and three …

The conventional manufacturing methods for fabricating orthotic and prosthetic (O&P)
devices have been in practice for a very long time. Recently, O&P service providers have …

Small inspection robots allow for the optimal exploration of environments and the collection
of data from challenging areas, particularly where there may be small access points or tight …

Use of 3D printed parts in biomedical applications has received attention recently. The
applied loads, manufacturing pre-processing factors or in vivo conditions may affect the …

This paper presents the design and construction of an upper limb prothesis prototype, Novus
Spem, created using 3D printing considering the following factors: time needed for …

This paper presents an assembly-free design method for additive manufacturing (AM) of
articulated components based on layered precision assignment (LPA). The articulated …