Novel prosthetic design combines AI and 3D printing to improve fit

A new, fully customizable 3D printed socket design is set to transform the prosthetics industry.

“For the first time, this 3D printing technology is capturing unique pressure and force distribution data from a patient, and using that data to design a custom prosthetic device and fabricate a much lighter, more breathable and pressure-responsive socket,” says Woo Soo Kim, professor at the School of Mechatronic Systems Engineering and corresponding author of a new study published in Biosensors and Bioelectronics.

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