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Computational Design of an Additively Manufactured Origami-Based Hand Orthosis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 May 2022

M. O. Barros ,
A. Walker  and
T. Stanković
M. O. Barros
Affiliation:
ETH Zurich, Switzerland
A. Walker
Affiliation:
ETH Zurich, Switzerland
T. Stanković*
Affiliation:
ETH Zurich, Switzerland
*
tinos@ethz.ch

Abstract

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This work investigates the application of origami as the underlying principle to realize a novel 3D printed hand orthosis design. Due to the special property of some origami to become rigid when forming a closed surface, the orthosis can be printed flat to alleviate the most of the post-processing, and at the same time provide rigid support for the immobilized limb in the folded state. The contributions are the origami-based hand orthosis design and corresponding computational design method, as well as lessons learned regarding the application of origami for the hand orthosis design.

Keywords

hand orthosisorigami-based designadditive manufacturingcomputational design methodsbiomedical design

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Proceedings of the Design Society , Volume 2: DESIGN2022 , May 2022 , pp. 1231 - 1242
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