Indian Journal of Public Health Research & Development
  • Year: 2019
  • Volume: 10
  • Issue: 5

3D Printed Limb Rotation

1Associate Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Bharath Institute of Science and Technology, BIHER, Chennai

2Assistant Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Bharath Institute of Science and Technology, BIHER, Chennai

3Professor and Head, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Bharath Institute of Science and Technology, BIHER, Chennai

*Corresponding Author Vasukidevi Ramachandran, Associate Professor, Department of Biomedical, Engineering, Bharath Institute of Higher Education and Research, Agharam Road, Selaiyur, Chennai-600073. E-mail: vasukideviram@gmail.com

Online published on 4 June, 2019.

Abstract

Amputees regularly experience the ill effects of different physical and mental troubles because of their failure to utilize their furthest points for their normal works. To help those amputees in getting an utilitarian substitution 3D printed hand at a doable cost, a model prosthetic arm was made using jump movement sensor, a 3D printable hand model, and Arduino. To stay away from increasingly costly, substantial weight and baffling control strategies which incorporates myoelectric prosthetics, a jump movement sensor which records the hand motions enables the Arduino to take after a similar signal that he wishes the hand to perform. The bounce development sends this information to the Arduino, which controls the servo motors to start each finger freely. The clear improvement and lightweight materials, and what's more the usage of contraptions, for instance, bounce development, engages amputees to get to new prosthetics effectively.

Keywords

Amputees, myoelectric, Arduino, jump movement