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The paper focuses on developing therapeutic hand orthosis for a 13-year old patient with a congenital paresis of his right arm, resulting in permanent wrist dislocation and problems with performing daily activities. The orthosis was built using the automated workflow of AutoMedPrint system, developed at Poznan University of Technology. Both arms were 3D scanned and the obtained data was merged to obtain a target corrected geometry of the hand. Then, the orthosis was automatically designed and adjusted to the special needs of the patient. It was then 3D printed using FDM process with a PLA materials and tested with the patient with positive results, enabling to improve the therapeutic process and increase patient’s capabilities in grasping objects and obtaining correct wrist positions. The therapeutic process continues, several iterations of the orthosis were made to adjust to the process and also growth of the patient.
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The studies were realized with a support from Polish National Center for Research and Development, in the scope of the LIDER program (grant agreement no. LIDER/14/0078/L-8/16/NCBR/2017), as well as funds from Polish Ministry of Science and Education. Part of the studies were realized in scope of the grant entitled “European network for 3D printing of biomimetic mechatronic systems”, supported by EEA grants (Project No: 21-COP-0019). The studies were approved by an appropriate ethical committee.
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Górski, F., Żukowska, M., Kuczko, W., Wichniarek, R., Siwiec, S. (2024). Automated Design and 3D Printing Of Therapeutic Wrist Hand Orthosis. In: Gzik, M., Paszenda, Z., Piętka, E., Tkacz, E., Milewski, K., Jurkojć, J. (eds) Innovations in Biomedical Engineering 2023. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, vol 875. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-52382-3_3
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