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Group 3:
Corinne Blangy | Harrison Dott | Kristen Fitzgerald | Sivakrish Sivarajah
12/1/20
Innovation
Improve upon the traditional Transtibial (below the knee) Prosthesis.
https://www.physio-pedia.com/Lower_
Limb_Prosthetic_Introduction
Innovation Continued...
● Our improved design is low profile
making it easier to wear and less
bulky.
Clutch
Rough size: 12in x 4in x Assembly
27.3in ( l x w x h)
Splin
e Spline
Bill of materials Total Cost: $2400.79
● Leg ● Tension Spring:
○ Material: polypropylene ○ Material: music wire steel
○ Manufacture Method: injection mold ○ Manufacture Method: purchase from
○ Cost for one part: $118 mcmaster
○ Cost for one part: $10.03
● Foot Assembly ● Nylon String
○ Material: Steel A36 ○ Material: polyester core nylon cover
○ Manufacture Method: CNC milling ○ Manufacture Method: purchase from
○ Cost for one part: $1234.17 mcmaster
○ Cost for one part: $6
● Clutch Assembly
● Mounting Screw
○ Material: Aluminum: 6061-T, steel, stainless
○ Material: stainless steel
steel, and black oxide stainless steel
○ Manufacture Method: purchase from
○ Manufacture Method: Direct Metal Laser
mcmaster
Sintering (DMLS), machining, or purchase
○ Cost for one part: $8.30
from McMaster-Carr
○ Assemble parts by hand
○ Cost for one part: $1024.29
Animation
Simulation
Static Simulation
Stress Displacement Strain
Concluding Remarks
● Describe how you performed the modeling
○ Leg:
■ Placing lots of planes helped us use the lofted base feature
■ We used the spline tool to emulate organic body parts
○ Spring:
■ Using the Helix and Spiral curve made modeling springs straight forward
● The challenges
○ Deciding how to model our prosthetic since they are so individualized
○ Simulating human gait with only the below-the-knee prosthetic modeled was not possible.