ICT methodologies to model and simulate parts of human body for prosthesis design

  • Authors:
  • Giorgio Colombo;Stefano Filippi;Paolo Rissone;Caterina Rizzi

  • Affiliations:
  • Politecnico di Milano, Dipartimento di Meccanica, Milano, Italy;Università di Udine, DIEGM, Udine, Italy;Università di Firenze, Dipartimento di Meccanica e Tecnologie Ind.li, Firenze, Italy;Università di Bergamo, Dipartimento di Ingegneria Industriale, Dalmine, BG, Italy

  • Venue:
  • ICDHM'07 Proceedings of the 1st international conference on Digital human modeling
  • Year:
  • 2007

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Abstract

The work presented in this paper refers to the implementation of a product development process based on the use of virtual model of the human body to design specific custom-fit product, such as a prosthesis socket (interface between the residual limb and the mechanical part of the prosthesis). It considers the integration of advanced ICT tools coming from the reverse engineering, the physics-based modelling and simulation, and the rapid prototyping fields. The paper describes problems related to the implementation of each step within a real socket development process.