设计和测试一个简单的快速连接为假肢内饰带的简单快速连接
Kendrick C Coburn1, Mathew J Weissinger1, Adam J Krout1
1Department of Bioengineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
Prosthetics and orthotics international
|September 14, 2023
概括
开发了一种用于假肢内的新快速连接,以方便带的附着和脱落. 虽然机械上是正确的,但用户发现它比传统方法更复杂,这表明对需要穿戴帮助的特定个体的使用有限.
科学领域:
- 假肢和整形手术
- 生物机械工程 生物机械工程
- 康复技术 康复技术 康复技术
背景情况:
- 假肢内中的绳索绳索对用户来说是一个挑战,因为他们需要解开并重新连接它们进行维护.
- 对于某些个人来说,现有的安全绑定方法可能是困难的,这会影响用户的独立性和护理.
研究的目的:
- 开发一个创新的快速连接系统为假肢带,简化附着和脱离内.
- 通过改进的硬件来增强使用者体验和对假肢护理的访问性.
主要方法:
- 为快速连接系统设计并实施了一种新的滑动锁定机制.
- 机械测试评估了系统在拉力负荷下的耐用性,并通过对跨肢截肢者的试点研究进行了补充.
主要成果:
- 快速连接展示了强大的机械性能,承受了25000个周期在100N和单个周期在350N.
- 试点研究的参与者发现该系统是直观的,安全的,安静的,稳定的,固定/解锁时间在2-30秒之间.
- 尽管具有积极的属性,但由于快速连接的多步复杂性 (扭曲-调整-滑动),用户更喜欢传统的针锁.
结论:
- 目前的快速连接设计可能会使有限的社区门诊人员受益,这些门诊人员在标准的针锁穿戴程序中遇到了困难.
- 潜在的应用包括与需要自动长度调整机制的动力带的集成.
- 进一步的设计代可能是必要的,以解决用户感知的复杂性和更广泛的采用.
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