Additive fabrication of custom pedorthoses for clubfoot correction

Rapid Prototyping Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 189-193

  Cook, Douglas ^a   Gervasi, Vito ^a   Rizza, Robert ^a   Kamara, Sheku ^a   Liu, Xue Cheng ^b  

^a MILWAUKEE SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING   (United States)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Foams; Lasers; Mouldability; Orthopaedics; Polymers; Thermoplasticity

Indexed keywords

ADDITIVE FABRICATION; ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONVENTIONAL METHODS; CUSTOM ORTHOTICS; DESIGN FREEDOM; DESIGN MODELS; DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH; END-USES; FABRICATION PROCEDURE; IN-DEGREE; LASER CUTTING; LAYER PATTERNS; LESSONS LEARNED; MOULDABILITY; NEW APPROACHES; ORTHOSIS; ORTHOTIC DEVICES; SOFT LAYERS; SOLID FREE-FORM FABRICATION; THERMOPLASTICITY; VARIABLE THICKNESS;

COMPUTER TESTING; CONCURRENT ENGINEERING; FABRICATION; JOB ANALYSIS; MOLDING; ORTHOTICS; POLYMERS; RAPID PROTOTYPING; SILICONES;

ORTHOPEDICS;

EID: 77951777427     PISSN: 13552546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13552541011034852     Document Type: Article

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