Abstract
Additive manufacturing is an advanced layer-based manufacturing process that fabricates customized prosthesis and orthosis to patient requirements directly from computer aided design data without using part depending tools. In this article, basic information on the elements, materials, and methodology of prosthesis and orthosis is described. Now a days in the rehabilitation field, the use of additive manufacturing processes has been shown to accelerate, facilitate and improve the quality of personalized products. This article discusses the AFO design and development process in detail using advanced manufacturing processes. The AFO part is printed with PLA Material in an FDM machine. It takes less than 6.5 h to manufacture a single 3D printed personal device. The entire process is completed in less than 7 h, plus the average actual working time is only 10–15 min, that is the very short amount of time it takes to create an orthosis device for a patient using 3D printing compared to traditional methods.
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