Journal article
Manufacturing Choices for Ankle-Foot Orthoses: A Multi-objective Optimization
Procedia CIRP, Vol.65, pp.145-150
2017
DOI: 10.1016/j.procir.2017.04.014
Abstract
Increased interest in additive manufacturing (AM) of medical devices leads to a greater number of manufacturing choices, from processes to product designs, with little research comparing these new techniques. This paper proposes a multi-objective optimization approach for choosing the appropriate process, material and thickness that minimizes production cost and time, and maximizes device performance. We tested our framework with a simulated case study to choose between traditional plaster casting and two AM techniques for an ankle-foot orthosis. This evaluation tool provides early quantitative support for AM, and it can be expanded to fit various patient, clinic and insurance provider needs.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Manufacturing Choices for Ankle-Foot Orthoses: A Multi-objective Optimization
- Creators
- Deema Totah - University of MichiganIlya Kovalenko - University of MichiganMiguel Saez - University of MichiganKira Barton - Carnegie Mellon University
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Procedia CIRP, Vol.65, pp.145-150
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.procir.2017.04.014
- ISSN
- 2212-8271
- eISSN
- 2212-8271
- Publisher
- Elsevier B.V
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 2017
- Academic Unit
- Mechanical Engineering
- Record Identifier
- 9984196521102771
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