TEMPLATE DESIGN FOR TRANSFEMORAL PROSTHETIC SOCKET DEVELOPMENT

Abstract

The presented paper aims to design 3D templates of the sciatic muscle and thigh to simplify and speed up the process of modelling TF (transfemoral) sockets using the CAD/CAM method. A proposal for a general procedure for modelling the proximal part of the TF socket and a thorough description of the proximal part and the types of sockets that are used is presented. Ten individual scans of positives of TF amputated limbs were obtained from which ten mounting ring templates were designed via CAD modelling in the Autodesk Meshmixer software. In the last step a production simulation was generated in PrusaSlicer software for the overall price evaluation.