The application of rapid prototyping for the design and manufacturing of transtibial prosthetic socket

Materials Science Forum

Volumn 594, Issue , 2008, Pages 273-280

  Hsu, L H ^a   Huang, G F ^b   Lu, C T ^a   Lai, C W ^a   Chen, Y M ^a   Yu, I C ^a   Shih, H S ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b FOOYIN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Design and manufacture; Prosthetic socket; Rapid prototyping; Transtibial amputation

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL LIMBS; COMPUTER AIDED ENGINEERING; MANUFACTURE; SOFTWARE PROTOTYPING;

COMPUTER-AIDED SYSTEMS; DESIGN AND MANUFACTURES; MODEL MACHINE; PROCESS QUALITY; PROSTHETIC SOCKETS; QUALITY UNCERTAINTY; RAPID PROTOTYPING TECHNOLOGY; RAPID-PROTOTYPING; TRANSTIBIAL AMPUTATION; TRANSTIBIAL AMPUTEES;

RAPID PROTOTYPING;

EID: 58049146504     PISSN: 02555476     EISSN: 16629752     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.4028/www.scientific.net/msf.594.273     Document Type: Conference Paper

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