Acta Mechanica Slovaca 2020, 24(3):6-9 | DOI: 10.21496/ams.2020.024

Individual Lower Limb Orthosis

Jozef Živčák ORCID...¹, Viktória Rajťúková², Viktória Krajňáková³, Radovan Hudák⁴, Daniela Kátlovská⁵

¹ Dr. h. c. mult. prof. Ing. Jozef Živčák, PhD., MPH, Technical University of Košice, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Department of Biomedical Engineering and Measurement, Letná 9, 04200 Košice

² Ing.Viktória Rajťúková, PhD., Technical University of Košice, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Department of Biomedical Engineering and Measurement, Letná 9, 04200 Košice

³ Viktória Krajňáková, Technical University of Košice, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Department of Biomedical Engineering and Measurement, Letná 9, 04200 Košice

⁴ Radovan Hudák, Technical University of Košice, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Department of Biomedical Engineering and Measurement, Letná 9, 04200 Košice

⁵ Daniela Kátlovská, Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Námestie Slobody 17 812 31, Bratislava 1

The aim of the study was to design an individual lower limb protés for a patient who suffered serious injuries in the ankle area. The orthos have a therapeutic, prophylactic, but also rehabilitative effect, and their main task is to protect and stabilize the musculoskeletal system. Attention is focused on the design of the model of the orthas using Autodesk - Meshmixer. The proposed orton contributes to improving the patient's life not only physically, but also mentally. Important aspects of the correctly chosen model of the orthes are knowledge of the patient's medical history, requirements and level of workload. The subjectivity of the assessment of the oreson model may be considered a restriction.

Keywords: Additive manufacture, Plastic, Individual orthosis, Meshimixer, Injury, 3D print

Published: September 22, 2020  Show citation