EAGER/Cybermanufacturing: A Cloud-Based Additive Manufacturing and Quality System for Custom Orthoses and Prostheses

EAGER/Cyber​​manufacturing：用于定制矫形器和假肢的基于云的增材制造和质量系统

• 批准号: 1547073
• 负责人: Albert Shih
• 金额: $ 11.15万
• 依托单位: Regents of the University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2015
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2015-09-01 至 2019-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1547073&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: EAGER; Cybermanufacturing; Cloud; Based; Additive

Orthoses are assistive devices for people with disabilities. It has been shown that custom orthoses with personalized fits are more effective than their off-the-shelf counterparts. However, the manufacture of custom orthoses currently relies on the traditional plaster molding method, a technique with limited accuracy and long delivery times. These concerns can be overcome by integrating additive manufacturing into a cybermanufacturing system, enabling same-day or next-day delivery and improving the fit and quality of custom orthoses. This EArly-concept Grant for Exploratory Research (EAGER) project will broadly engage computer science students in Software Engineering, an undergraduate capstone course. Students from this class will be recruited to further develop the cybermanufacturing service system they work on during the course. This research aims to investigate the fundamental requirements for a cybermanufacturing system for custom orthoses. A cyber data and design center outfitted with a software suite will automate the design, manufacturing, and interactive verification with clinicians for personalized orthoses. An industrial collaborator will advise on software development to address the need of scalability in future full-scale implementation. An innovative wavy porous structure will be implemented to optimize the production time, strength, weight, and delivery time for additive manufacturing. The shape mismatch between orthosis and the human subject will be determined to calculate to improve the fit and patient comfort.

矫形器是残疾人的辅助器具。研究表明，定制的个性化矫形器比现成的矫形器更有效。然而，定制矫形器的制造目前依赖于传统的石膏成型方法，这种技术精度有限，交货时间长。这些问题可以通过将增材制造集成到网络制造系统中来克服，实现当日或次日交货，并提高定制矫形器的适合度和质量。这个探索性研究（EAGER）项目的早期概念资助将广泛地吸引计算机科学专业的学生学习软件工程，这是一门本科毕业课程。本课程的学生将被招募来进一步发展他们在课程中所从事的网络制造服务系统。本研究旨在探讨定制矫形器的网络制造系统的基本要求。配备软件套件的网络数据和设计中心将自动设计、制造个性化矫形器，并与临床医生进行互动验证。工业合作者将对软件开发提出建议，以解决未来全面实现中可伸缩性的需求。将实施创新的波浪多孔结构，以优化增材制造的生产时间、强度、重量和交货时间。将确定矫形器与人体受试者之间的形状不匹配并进行计算，以提高配合度和患者舒适度。